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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27188 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lavvslaws

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it
34 times in 23 works
Consistency
100% (34 of 34)
Reach if approved
~36 places (estimated)
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Agrees: laws
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
34 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (34 changes in 23 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 34)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    They have also discharged the Parliament of Scotland, and the Parliament of Ireland, give LavvsLaws to impose Taxes on both, vvhich no English Parliament did in former times, nor …
    With rule
    They have also discharged the Parliament of Scotland, and the Parliament of Ireland, give LavvsLaws to impose Taxes on both, vvhich no English Parliament did in former times, nor …

    William Prynne · The Curtain Drawn · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … overtures as vvere offered for the publik good, into Articles to be enacted for lavvslaws according to the ancient form; and therefore, it being at firſt deviſed by the …
    With rule
    … overtures as vvere offered for the publik good, into Articles to be enacted for lavvslaws according to the ancient form; and therefore, it being at firſt deviſed by the …

    James Stewart · An Account of Scotlands Grievances · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … they perſecuted even to bitter deaths and torments: And one of our great & ancient LavvsLaws ſaith; Let the will of the giver be obſerved.
    With rule
    … they perſecuted even to bitter deaths and torments: And one of our great & ancient LavvsLaws ſaith; Let the will of the giver be obſerved.

    Henry Lavor · Replies made to the Anti-queries of Thomas Lye · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and Zebadiah vvere both over the ſame Iudicature. Ioſephus excellently verſed in the Ievviſh lavvslaws, ſaith, antiq. lib. 9. c. 1. they vvere foreign fellovves or companions; then they vvere not in …
    With rule
    … and Zebadiah vvere both over the ſame Iudicature. Ioſephus excellently verſed in the Ievviſh lavvslaws, ſaith, antiq. lib. 9. c. 1. they vvere foreign fellovves or companions; then they vvere not in …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 408 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … property then of a Godly man, to mourne, and to grieue, to ſee Gods LavvsLaws tranſgreſſed; and the reaſon of that his ſorrow & griefe, is becauſe he loueth Gods …
    With rule
    … property then of a Godly man, to mourne, and to grieue, to ſee Gods LavvsLaws tranſgreſſed; and the reaſon of that his ſorrow & griefe, is becauſe he loueth Gods …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 151 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    When I vvas called upon either to conform to the LavvsLaws for Uniformity, or to leave my Ministry, I asked of my self tvvo things …
    With rule
    When I vvas called upon either to conform to the LavvsLaws for Uniformity, or to leave my Ministry, I asked of my self tvvo things …

    Edmund Calamy · Calamys Leading Case · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … afterward it ſhould bee imputed meerly to my negligence and diſobedience to my ovvn LavvsLaws, [and not to their inſufficiencie] if, from my firſt grounds, ſeeds, or principles, I …
    With rule
    … afterward it ſhould bee imputed meerly to my negligence and diſobedience to my ovvn LavvsLaws, [and not to their inſufficiencie] if, from my firſt grounds, ſeeds, or principles, I …

    John Dury · The Reformed Library Keeper · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … commonwealth as before, though not ſo glorious, living under the government of their own lavvslaws, and the command of their own rulers, and ſo continued, untill a little before …
    With rule
    … commonwealth as before, though not ſo glorious, living under the government of their own lavvslaws, and the command of their own rulers, and ſo continued, untill a little before …

    Arthur Jackson · A Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scriptures · p. 115 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.