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
B08775	The citizens of London, by their charter, among themselves may make sheriffs whom they will, and may remove them when they will		1680 (1680)	Wing C4341A; ESTC R174062	544	1

THE Citizens of London by their Charter among themselves may Make Sheriffs whom they will and may Remove them when they will Therefore the Sheriffes and Common Sergeant for the time being are in Election of Sheriffes for the ensuing year Servants to the common Hall and ought to propose and Poll for such Persons and such things as shall be nominated and demanded by the Members thereof and for none else By a pretended by-By-Law T is Ordered to this effect viz. That whosoever shall be elected Sheriff and Refuse to serve shall swear himself not worth 10000 l. or enter into Bond to serve or shall pay 400 l. fine and in case a Person elected pay his Fine he is not to be proposed again for that year By an Act of Parliament made since this by Law it is amongst other things enacted to this effect That the Election of any Officers having any place of trust in any Corporation shall be void in case the Person so elected shall not have received the Sacrament according to the Church of England within a year next before such choice Now the two Gentlemen declared to be elected on Midsummer day last having not been duely qualified as to receiving the Sacrament according to the Statute such Election was void and so they are in no Capacity whatsoever within their By-law But they having since received the Sacrament according to the Statute their Election at this time will be legal and valid which cannot be assured in Case any other shall be elected it being altogether uncertain who is duly qualified