Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	act_n	parliament_n	say_a	1,050	5	6.6432	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02306	Copy of an act presented to the Parliament by the merchants	Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.	1695 (1695)	Wing C5594AA; ESTC R174192	5,016	6

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