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	sovereign_a	3,527	5	9.3552	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05251	King William's first Parliament. Sess. 6. in Scotland. Act anent the aliment of poor prisoners. October the 9th, 1696.	Scotland. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III); William III, King of England, 1650-1702.; Scotland. Parliament.	1700 (1700)	Wing S1247D; ESTC R223252	1,276	1

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