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
A33964	The history of conformity, or, A proof of the mischief of impositions from the experience of more than 100 years	Collinges, John, 1623-1690.	1681 (1681)	Wing C5319; ESTC R28566	30,488	42

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