Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	constable_n	officer_n	peace_n	4,647	5	6.0431	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70748	May it please your Lordship, having formerly discourst amongst the crowd of arguments which have been vented since the knowledg of the peace; ...	Orme, Thomas, d. 1716.	1690 (1690)	Wing O435A; ESTC R6411	20,658	27

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