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
B09612	Objections against passing the bill as desired by the proprietors of the lights now generally used.	Windus, Edmund.; Hutchinson, Samuel, gent.	1692 (1692)	Wing O85B; ESTC R205790	1,167	2

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