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
A82155	The declaration of the genlemen [sic] and others now in armes in the county of Hereford. By commission from his highnesse the Prince of Wales: under the command of Sir Henry Lyngen knight, collonell generall of the said countie.	Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.	1648 (1648)	Wing D675; Thomason 669.f.13[4]; ESTC R210862	1,366	1

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