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	lord_n	parliament_n	20,596	5	6.9552	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85670	Bouleutērion, or A practical demonstration of county judicatures. Wherein is amply explained the judiciall and ministeriall authority of sheriffs. Together with the original, jurisdiction, and method of keeping all countrey courts. / By Will: Greenwood, philomath.	Greenwood, Will. William.	1659 (1659)	Wing G1870; Thomason E1789_1; ESTC R209680	323,562	484

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its_o original_a or_o prototype_n quia_fw-la origo_fw-la rerum_fw-la attendenda●_n and_o first_o of_o the_o shire_n shire_n be_v a_o saxon_a word_n scyra_n and_o have_v its_o etymology_n from_o shiran_n id_fw-la est_fw-la partiri_fw-la to_o divide_v as_o mr._n lambert_n say_v in_o his_o explication_n of_o saxon_a word_n verb._n centur._n and_o mr._n cambden_n in_o his_o britania_n report_v that_o alfred_n a_o saxon_a king_n of_o england_n be_v the_o first_o that_o divide_v this_o common_a wealth_n into_o shire_n those_o shire_n into_o riding_n and_o those_o riding_n into_o weapentake_n or_o hundred_o etc._n etc._n likewise_o as_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n in_o his_o glossarie_n say_v sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la comitatum_fw-la distinct_a one_o sub_fw-la berengariis_fw-la &_o othonibus_fw-la vel_fw-la sub_fw-la carolo_n magno_fw-la apud_fw-la exteros_fw-la accidisse_fw-la opinautur_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la plurimis_fw-la forte_fw-fr verum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la nounullae_fw-la autem_fw-la antiquus_fw-la deprehenduntur_fw-la rem_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la perspicuam_fw-la facit_fw-la ingulphus_n si_fw-la sane_fw-la fides_fw-la rex_fw-la alfridus_n alias_o aluredus_n &_o aethelfridus_n qui_fw-la regnum_fw-la iniit_fw-la anne_n 871_o totius_fw-la inquit_fw-la angliae_fw-la pagos_fw-la &_o provincias_fw-la in_o comitatus_fw-la primus_fw-la omnium_fw-la commutavit_fw-la comitatus_fw-la in_o centurias_fw-la &_o hundredas_fw-la &_o in_o decenna_n id_fw-la est_fw-la tithingas_fw-la divisit_fw-la which_o strenous_a authority_n be_v sufficient_o valid_a to_o prove_v the_o original_n of_o shire_n and_o their_o division_n the_o republic_n be_v thus_o disunite_v or_o dissect_v into_o shire_n every_o shire_n be_v entire_o govern_v by_o one_o officer_n call_v a_o sheriff_n or_o shire-reeve_a vicecome_fw-la compound_v of_o these_o two_o saxon_a word_n scyr_n viz._n satrapia_n a_o shire_n and_o reve_v viz._n praefectus_fw-la a_o governor_n of_o the_o shire_n mr._n cambden_n thus_o describe_v his_o office_n singulis_n vero_fw-la annis_fw-la nobilis_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ex_fw-la incolis_fw-la proficitur_fw-la quem_fw-la vicecomitem_fw-la quasi_fw-la vicarium_fw-la comitis_fw-la &_o nostra_fw-la lingua_fw-la sheriff_n viz._n comitatus_fw-la praepositum_fw-la vocamus_fw-la qui_fw-la etiam_fw-la comitatus_fw-la vel_fw-la provinciae_fw-la quaestor_fw-la recte_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la but_o in_o seldeni_n jani_fw-la fol._n 53._o &_o 54._o you_o have_v two_o governor_n of_o the_o shire_n assign_v where_o he_o say_v praefectus_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la qui_fw-la antea_fw-la vicedomini_a ad_fw-la ingulphum_fw-la reversus_fw-la est_fw-la aluredum_fw-la in_fw-la duo_fw-la officia_fw-la divisit_fw-la 1._o in_o judices_fw-la quos_fw-la nunc_fw-la justiciarios_fw-la vocamus_fw-la &_o in_o vicecomite_n qui_fw-la ad_fw-la huc_fw-la idem_fw-la nomen_fw-la retinent_fw-la facessat_fw-la ergo_fw-la polidoras_n urbinas_fw-la qui_fw-la primos_fw-la a_o normanno_fw-mi petit_fw-la vicecomites_fw-la which_o we_o now_o call_v viscount_n a_o vicecomite_a which_o come_v from_o our_o conqueror_n the_o norman_n as_o sheriff_n from_o our_o ancestor_n the_o saxon_n also_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n in_o his_o glossarie_n say_v quinem_fw-la autem_fw-la tunc_fw-la essent_fw-la magistratus_fw-la quos_fw-la ingulphus_n hic_fw-la vocat_fw-la justiciarios_fw-la &_o vicecomites_fw-la non_fw-la plàne_fw-la assequor_fw-la reor_fw-la aldermanni_n provinciarum_fw-la &_o grevii_n saxonice_n ealdorman_n &_o gerefa_n de_fw-fr grevii_n say_v he_o tamen_fw-la munere_fw-la nec_fw-la habeo_fw-la definitum_fw-la discrepare_fw-la enim_fw-la videtur_fw-la a_o vicecomite_n quod_fw-la hic_fw-la tum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la comitis_fw-la esset_fw-la vicarius_fw-la ille_fw-la regis_fw-la officialis_fw-la unde_fw-la in_o anglo-saxonum_n legibus_fw-la atque_fw-la ipsius_fw-la aluredi_fw-la cyninger_n gereþan_n id_fw-la est_fw-la grevius_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la latin_a sae●ius_fw-la reditur_fw-la praepositus_fw-la regis_fw-la appellatus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v governor_n of_o the_o county_n the_o word_n of_o his_o patent_n import_v as_o much_o viz._n commissimus_fw-la tibi_fw-la custodiam_fw-la comitatus_fw-la so_o that_o he_o be_v a_o officer_n of_o great_a antiquity_n trust_n and_o authority_n have_v former_o from_o the_o king_n as_o now_o from_o his_o highness_n the_o lord_n protector_n the_o custody_n tuition_n and_o command_v of_o the_o whole_a county_n co._n l._n 4._o 33._o mitten_n case_n the_o aforesaid_a alfred_n at_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n into_o shire_n or_o county_n institute_v this_o court_n call_v the_o county_n court_n and_o establish_a jurisdiction_n in_o it_o grant_v power_n and_o authority_n to_o the_o sheriff_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v such_o matter_n as_o by_o just_a cause_n of_o appellation_n either_o for_o law_n or_o equity_n shall_v be_v bring_v unto_o he_o this_o court_n as_o it_o be_v record_v by_o mr._n selden_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o tithe_n be_v joint_o exercise_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n and_o by_o the_o sheriff_n or_o alderman_n of_o the_o sciregemot_a or_o hundred_o or_o county_n court_n where_o the_o one_o sit_v to_o give_v god_n fight_v the_o other_o for_o puruldre_fw-fr right_a that_o be_v the_o one_o to_o judge_v according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o other_o to_o direct_v according_a to_o divinity_n and_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n in_o his_o glossary_n say_v comitatum_fw-la simul_fw-la regebant_fw-la pariterque_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la considentes_fw-la judicia_fw-la publica_fw-la exercebant_fw-la hic_fw-la secundum_fw-la jus_o humanum_fw-la ille_fw-la vero_fw-la divinum_fw-la ll._n canuti_n ms._n ca._n 44._o habeatur_fw-la ter_z in_o anno_fw-la burgesmotus_fw-la i._n civitatis_fw-la conventus_fw-la &_o schiresmotus_n i_o pagi_fw-la vel_fw-la comitatus_fw-la conventus_fw-la bis_fw-la nisi_fw-la saepius_fw-la opus_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o 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