Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	king_n	parliament_n	settle_v	2,339	5	8.8909	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31157	The Case of the four hundred coach men their widows and assigns, formerly licensed by virtue of an act of Parliament, made in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of King Charles II to drive Hackney coaches in the cities of London and Westminster, and the suburbs thereof.		1688 (1688)	Wing C1075; ESTC R2378	4,033	4

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and_o direct_v for_o what_o use_v to_o wit_n for_o remove_v nuisance_n widen_v and_o pave_v street_n and_o mend_v shower_n 3._o that_o no_o one_o coach_n man_n shall_v have_v above_o two_o licence_n 4._o that_o they_o shall_v observe_v the_o rule_n prescribe_v therein_o 5._o that_o none_o take_v more_o for_o hire_n by_o the_o day_n or_o hour_n or_o from_o place_n to_o place_n than_o therein_o be_v direct_v 6._o no_o other_o person_n be_v permit_v to_o drive_v coach_n for_o hire_n within_o the_o limit_n aforesaid_a pursuant_n whereunto_o commissioner_n be_v appoint_v four_o hundred_o and_o no_o more_o license_v those_o licence_n continue_v for_o seventeen_o year_n in_o which_o time_n the_o coach_n man_n so_o license_v pay_v to_o the_o use_v by_o the_o say_a act_n direct_v 34000_o lb._n beside_o they_o lay_v out_o their_o stock_n in_o coach_n and_o horse_n take_v lease_n of_o house_n coach-house_n and_o stable_n for_o a_o long_a term_n of_o year_n a_o great_a number_n of_o which_o be_v 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