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	session_n	2,595	5	10.2891	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87138	The Rota: or, A model of a free-state, or equall common-wealth: once proposed and debated in brief, and to be again more at large proposed to, and debated by a free and open society of ingenious gentlemen.; Art of law-giving. Selections	Harrington, James, 1611-1677.; Rota (Club)	1660 (1660)	Wing H821; Thomason E1013_7; ESTC R202586	12,750	31

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