Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	day_n	parliament_n	session_n	3,425	5	10.6408	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03745	Unto His Grace, His Majesty's High Commissioner, and the Right Honourable, the Estates of Parliament. The humble petition of Margaret Lady Dowager of Belhaven.	Belhaven, Margaret Hamilton, Baroness, fl. 1695.	1695 (1695)	Wing H485A; ESTC R177816	2,077	2

unto_o his_o grace_n his_o majesty_n high_a commissioner_n and_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o estate_n of_o parliament_n the_o humble_a petition_n of_o margaret_z lady_z dowager_z of_o belhaven_n show_n that_o sir_n robert_n hamiltoun_n of_o presmennan_n one_o of_o the_o senator_n of_o the_o college_n of_o justice_n after_o he_o purchase_v the_o lord_n belhaven_n estate_n do_v grant_v band_n to_o mr._n william_n brown_n for_o 13000_o mark_n with_o annualrent_n and_o expense_n anno_fw-la 1672_o in_o manner_n therein_o contain_v payable_a at_o the_o first_o term_n of_o whitsunday_n or_o martinmass_o next_o after_o the_o expiration_n of_o year_n and_o day_n after_o the_o death_n or_o marriage_n of_o mrs._n elizabeth_n hamiltoun_n daughter_n to_o the_o say_a lord_n belhaven_n and_o conform_v to_o a_o precept_n of_o seize_v therein_o specify_v mr._n william_n brown_n for_o his_o further_a security_n thereanent_fw-la be_v infeft_v in_o the_o land_n of_o newbarns_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o anno_fw-la 1680_o mr._n william_n brown_n do_v dispone_v the_o same_o to_o your_o petitioner_n who_o also_o be_v infeft_v in_o the_o said_n land_n and_o thereafter_o your_o petitioner_n do_v dispone_v 12000_o mark_n thereof_o to_o the_o say_a mrs._n elizabeth_n with_o this_o special_a quality_n that_o notwithstanding_o thereof_o it_o shall_v be_v leisum_n to_o your_o petitioner_n to_o dispose_v upon_o the_o foresaids_n sum_n of_o money_n in_o hail_n or_o in_o part_n without_o consent_n of_o mrs._n elizabeth_n at_o any_o time_n of_o her_o life_n and_o with_o the_o burden_n of_o which_o provision_n the_o disposition_n be_v grant_v and_o accept_v notwithstanding_o whereof_o mrs._n elizabeth_n be_v afterward_o marry_v to_o the_o viscount_n of_o kingstoun_n she_o do_v dispone_v she_o right_o to_o the_o foresay_a sum_n in_o favour_n of_o sir_n john_n seaton_n of_o garletoun_n who_o do_v raise_v a_o process_n of_o declarator_n against_o your_o petitioner_n and_o mr._n william_n brown_n 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