Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	act_n	law_n	parliament_n	5,454	5	6.8345	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44191	Lord Hollis, his remains being a second letter to a friend, concerning the judicature of the bishops in Parliament, in the vindication of what he wrote in his first : and in answer to ... The rights of the bishops to judge in capital cases in Parliament, cleared, &c. : it contains likewise part of his intended answer to a second tractate, entituled, The grand question touching the bishops right to vote in Parliament, stated and argued : to which are added Considerations, in answer to the learned author of The grand question, &c., by another hand : and reflections upon some passages in Mr. Hunt's Argument upon that subject, &c., by a third.; Second letter to a friend concerning the judicature of the bishops in Parliament	Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.; Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680. Letter of a gentleman to his friend.; Atwood, William, d. 1705? Reflections upon Antidotum Britannicum.	1682 (1682)	Wing H2466; ESTC R17318	217,539	444

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singuli_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o barones_n &_o eorum_fw-la pares_fw-la all_o earl_n and_o baron_n ought_v to_o be_v summon_v as_o also_o their_o peer_n i_o know_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o treatise_n have_v be_v question_v by_o some_o learned_a man_n but_o by_o none_o with_o more_o violence_n and_o less_o reason_n than_o by_o mr._n prin_fw-mi in_o his_o four_o part_n of_o his_o register_n of_o writ_n etc._n p._n 591._o to_o which_o easy_a answer_n may_v be_v give_v if_o we_o consider_v the_o translator_n out_o 743_o of_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n may_v easy_o translate_v word_n which_o they_o think_v of_o a_o equivalent_a signification_n by_o word_n in_o use_n at_o that_o time_n as_o wittena_n gemot_n for_o parliament_n and_o the_o like_a other_o of_o as_o great_a judgement_n have_v as_o strenuous_o defend_v the_o authority_n of_o it_o sir_n edward_n cook_n in_o his_o jurisdiction_n court_n of_o the_o court_n of_o parliament_n strong_o defend_v its_o antiquity_n and_o mr._n hakewell_n 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