"laws a mercy" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"[…] won't think of putting down the chicken without\" - \"Oh, Laws a mercy, I declare I'd quite forgot;\" and away bustled Mrs. Bisset, to attend to the important duty […]",
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          "text": "[He exclaimed] \"Laws a mercy,” over and over so many times that Billy didn't know why he was calling on the law now. It wouldn't help much, seein' as she probably wouldn't be living till morning.",
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