Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	king_n	kingdom_n	parliament_n	19,760	5	6.8532	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44288	An honest commoner's speech	Honest commoner.	1694 (1694)	Wing H2580; ESTC R6146	10,142	9

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