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	successor_n	2,446	5	9.0199	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52197	Acts and laws, passed by the great and general court or assembly of Their Majesties province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England begun at Boston, the thirty-first day of May, 1693, and continued by adjournment, unto Thursday the sixth day of July following : being the second sessions.; Laws, etc.	Massachusetts.	1693 (1693)	Wing M952; ESTC R235719	2,102	5

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