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	void_a	3,330	5	9.0049	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86296	A letter from an officer in His Majesties army, to a gentleman in Glocester-shire. Upon occasion of certain querees scattered about that country.	Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.	1643 (1643)	Wing H1724; Thomason E101_25; ESTC R18322	12,609	17

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