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	parliament_n	people_n	20,033	5	5.2155	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94707	To the supreme authority, the Parliament of the Common-vvealth of England the humble petition of divers constant adherers to this Parliament, and faithfull assertors of the fundamentall lawes and liberties of the Commonwealth.		1652 (1652)	Wing T1745A; Thomason 669.f.16[54]; ESTC R211489	3,844	1

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