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	realm_n	statute_n	7,701	5	8.0873	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05531	A breefe relation by the commoners in Lincolnshire of their legall interest, and that nothing of interest the vndertakers have in law.		1651 (1651)	STC 15651; ESTC S102840	2,662	6

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