Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	house_n	parliament_n	vote_n	2,126	5	10.2910	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93192	A short and true state of the case, repleating to the election for the Burrough of Corsse Castle, in the Isle of Purbeck, and County of Dorset, which was on the 4th of August, 1698.	Culliford, Mr.; Fownes, Richard, Esq.; Bankes, John.; Clauell, Edward.	1698 (1698)	Wing S3558; ESTC R184148	805	2

A Short and True State of the Case relating to the Election for the Burrough of Corffe Castle in the Isle of Purbeck and County of Dorset which was on the 4th of August 1698. William Culliford Edward Clauell Esqs stood against John Bankes Richard Fownes Esqs Mr Culliford Mr Bankes Were Returned and are the Sitting Members Mr Clauell Mr Fownes are the Petitioners BY the Mayors Poll who as chief Magistrate is Judge of the Election after the strictest Scrutiny imaginable and a good deal of partiality show'd by the Mayor in favour of Mr Bankes and Mr Fownes Mr Culliford had 85 Votes Mr Bankes 70 Votes Mr Clauell who Petitions against Mr Bankes 63 Votes and Mr Fownes who Petitions against Mr Culliford but 52 Votes whereupon the Mayor proclaimed Mr Culliford and Mr Bankes duly Elected Mr Fownes in his Petition allows the Majority to be on Mr Culliford's side upon the Poll But says that Mr Culliford by Treating and several indirect Practices at and before the Election did procure several Votes to his prejudice otherwise he had been Chosen and Return'd alledging he can prove the same Mr Culliford denies the fact absolutely and believes that no person who has either Credit or Reputation in his Country or can be trusted there for six-pence will pretend to prove any such thing Mr Clauell in his Petition against Mr Bankes Insists to prove that the Mayor did allow 5 persons to Vote for a Charity contrary to all former useage and against Law and also 13 persons more that pretended to have purchased several small Tenements of one Mr Dackombe just before the Election which as is conceived is expressly against the late Act of Parliament for preventing the splitting and dividing of interest in Houses or Lands in order to multiply Votes for that the same was not known in the Burrough above a week before the Election and the Leases were dated all of one day and some of the persons that bought the said Tenements never had seen them or took possession of the same until the day of Election Which said 5 Trustees and 13 new made Votes voted all for Mr Bankes and Mr Fownes Which if set aside then the Poll will stand for Mr Culliford 85 for Mr Clauell 63 for Mr Bankes 52 and for Mr Fownes but 34 Votes Mr Cullifords CASE