Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	law_n	parliament_n	prerogative_n	2,334	5	9.9399	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17734	Cambium Regis: or, The office of His Maiesties Exchange Royall Declaring and iustifying his Maiesties right; and the conveniencie thereof. Published by authoritie.; Cambium Regis.		1628 (1628)	STC 4471; ESTC S117072	20,499	49

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