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	prerogative_n	7,334	5	10.0491	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78589	A character of an antimalignant, or right Parliamentier; expressing plainly his opinion concerning King and Parliament. Published by authoritie.		1645 (1645)	Wing C2005; Thomason E294_1; ESTC R200175	2,850	9

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