Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	common_a	king_n	time_n	5,545	5	3.5263	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26172	Jani Anglorum facies nova, or, Several monuments of antiquity touching the great councils of the kingdom and the court of the kings immediate tenants and officers from the first of William the First, to the forty ninth of Henry the third, reviv'd and clear'd : wherein the sense of the common-council of the kingdom mentioned in King John's charter, and of the laws ecclesiastical, or civil, concerning clergy-men's voting in capital cases is submitted to the judgement of the learned.	Atwood, William, d. 1705?	1680 (1680)	Wing A4174; ESTC R37043	81,835	173

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monarchiae_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la praedicti_fw-la habeant_fw-la &_o teneant_fw-la terras_fw-la svas_fw-la &_o possessiones_fw-la svas_fw-la benè_fw-la &_o in_fw-la pace_fw-la liberas_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la exactione_n injustâ_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la tallagio_n ita_fw-la quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n exigatur_fw-la vel_fw-la capiatur_fw-la nisi_fw-la servitium_fw-la suum_fw-la liberum_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la nobis_fw-la facere_fw-la tenentur_fw-la &_o prout_fw-la statutum_fw-la est_fw-la eye_n &_o illis_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la concessum_fw-la jure_fw-la haereditario_fw-la in_o perpetuum_fw-la per_fw-la commune_fw-la concilium_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la praedicti_fw-la in_o a_o general_n council_n of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n it_o have_v be_v settle_v what_o the_o king_n shall_v have_v of_o his_o tenant_n by_o reason_n of_o tenure_n and_o what_o free_a service_n he_o shall_v have_v even_o of_o those_o freeman_n which_o be_v not_o 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or_o auxilium_fw-la which_o be_v there_o mean_v of_o a_o voluntary_a aid_n scaccario_fw-la not_o due_a upon_o the_o account_n of_o any_o of_o their_o house_n be_v of_o the_o king_n demean_n though_o indeed_o it_o be_v then_o show_v that_o they_o have_v several_a time_n before_o be_v talliate_v this_o explain_v that_o part_n of_o the_o charter_n simili_fw-la modo_fw-la fiat_fw-la de_fw-la civitate_fw-la londinensi_fw-la that_o be_v as_o in_o all_o case_n beside_o those_o except_v escuage_z or_o tallage_n shall_v not_o be_v raise_v but_o by_o a_o common_a council_n of_o the_o kingdom_n that_o be_v of_o all_o the_o person_n concern_v to_o pay_v so_o for_o the_o city_n of_o london_n unless_o the_o aid_n be_v order_v in_o a_o common_a council_n wherein_o they_o and_o all_o other_o tenant_n in_o chief_a be_v assemble_v none_o shall_v be_v lay_v upon_o any_o citizen_n but_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o their_o own_o common_a council_n and_o if_o the_o ordinance_n be_v only_o in_o general_a 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their_o consent_n be_v require_v thing_n be_v carry_v by_o the_o majority_n of_o voice_n among_o they_o that_o be_v present_a upon_o his_o summons_n which_o sometime_o be_v very_o few_o as_o when_o he_o hold_v his_o court_n at_o westminster_n in_o the_o fifteen_o of_o his_o reign_n on_o christmas_n the_o chief_a time_n tig._n it_o be_v cum_fw-la pauco_fw-la admodum_fw-la militum_fw-la comitatu_fw-la there_o arise_v a_o very_a great_a inconvenience_n and_o a_o few_o tenant_n call_v together_o at_o a_o time_n when_o the_o rest_n can_v not_o attend_v as_o in_o harvest_n or_o the_o like_a may_v ruin_v the_o rest_n therefore_o this_o separate_a court_n of_o tenant_n be_v whole_o take_v away_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o and_o he_o promise_n that_o no_o tallage_n or_o aid_n without_o any_o reservation_n shall_v be_v levy_v for_o the_o future_a without_o the_o consent_n of_o a_o full_a settle_a parliament_n not_o that_o it_o be_v incumbent_a upon_o all_o that_o come_v to_o parliament_n to_o pay_v either_o tallage_n or_o escuage_z but_o as_o they_o be_v the_o great_a council_n of_o the_o nation_n they_o shall_v advise_v he_o when_o or_o in_o what_o proportion_n to_o talliate_v his_o demeasn_n or_o lay_v escuage_z upon_o his_o tenant_n by_o knight_n service_n and_o when_o the_o king_n tenant_n pay_v escuage_z by_o authority_n of_o parliament_n the_o tenant_n by_o knight_n service_n of_o inferior_a lord_n be_v oblige_v to_o pay_v to_o their_o lord_n 532._o lit._n sect._n 100_o the_o statute_n be_v thus_o nullum_fw-la tallagium_fw-la vel_fw-la auxilium_fw-la per_fw-la nos_fw-la vel_fw-la haeredes_fw-la nostros_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la ponatur_fw-la seu_fw-la levetur_fw-la sine_fw-la voluntate_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la archippus_n ep._n comitum_fw-la baronum_fw-la militum_fw-la burgensium_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la liberoum_n hominum_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la pursuant_n to_o this_o the_o very_a same_o year_n be_v a_o record_n of_o a_o 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in_o socage_n at_o his_o own_o discretion_n but_o can_v not_o charge_v they_o that_o hold_v by_o knight_n service_n without_o their_o consent_n and_o so_o this_o part_n take_v it_o bare_o to_o the_o consent_n be_v for_o the_o advantage_n and_o relief_n of_o the_o socage_n tenant_n only_o the_o charter_n of_o henry_n the_o first_o which_o exempt_v the_o king_n tenant_n by_o knight_n service_n ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la geldis_fw-la that_o be_v tribute_n or_o force_a payment_n beyond_o ordinary_a service_n leave_v the_o king_n a_o power_n of_o charge_v his_o other_o tenant_n by_o mean_a service_n though_o not_o those_o which_o hold_v by_o serjeanty_n pro_fw-la omni_fw-la servitio_fw-la militibus_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la loricas_fw-la terras_fw-la svas_fw-la deserviunt_fw-la terras_fw-la dominicarum_fw-la carucarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la quietas_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la geldis_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la opere_fw-la proprio_fw-la dono_fw-la meo_fw-la concedo_fw-la 1._o ut_fw-la sicut_fw-la 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