Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	common_a	law_n	statute_n	4,861	5	8.7366	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59393	The several tryals of Edward, Earl of Warwick and Holland, and Charles, Lord Mohun before the House of Peers in Parliament, upon the 28th and 29th days of March, 1699, for the murder of Mr. Richard Coote : the Right Honourable John, Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham, Lord High Chancellor of England, being lord high steward upon that occasion / publish'd by command of the House of Peers.	Warwick, Edward Rich, Earl of, 1673-1701.; Mohun, Charles Mohun, Baron, 1677?-1712.	1699 (1699)	Wing S2813; ESTC R37380	126,855	99

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