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
A25346	An Account of the late design of buying up the wooll of Ireland in company in a letter to J.L.		1674 (1674)	Wing A307A; ESTC R1232	17,420	28

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