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	repeal_v	2,928	5	12.0628	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A24745	An Account of the arbitrary exactions, taxations, impositions, excises, contributions, with other assessements, which have been leavied in these late warres out of the associate counties viz., Essex, Suffolke, Norfolke, Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Middlesex, Hertfordshire ...		1647 (1647)	Wing A235; ESTC R12238	2,585	6

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