Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	earl_n	lord_n	scotland_n	1,700	5	9.4213	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67914	The decisions of the Lords of council & session in the most important cases debate before them with the acts of sederunt as also, an alphabetical compend of the decisions : with an index of the acts of sederunt, and the pursuers and defenders names, from June 1661 to July 1681 / Sir James Dalrymple ...	Scotland. Court of Session.; Stair, James Dalrymple, Viscount of, 1619-1695.	1683 (1683)	Wing S5175; ESTC R1208	952,036	833

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