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单词 piepowder court
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Piepowder Court
Piepowder Court n. = Court of Piepowders n. at sense 1.
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > summary court at fairs or markets
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Court of Piepowders1477
Piepowder Court1574
1574 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 335 That the citie, by auncient usage have a Pipoulder Courte, commonly called the Courte of Delyverannce, for thexpedition of strangers.
1631 R. Brathwait Cater-character iii. 19 in Whimzies His Pypouder Court is his onely terror.
1739 F. Blomefield Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk II. 124 Steward of the Piepowder Courts belonging to these Fairs.
1887 Publ. Amer. Econ. Assoc. 2 69 They..were subject at fair time to separate tribunals, such as the pie-powder courts.
1998 D. K. Cameron Eng. Fair ii. 15 (caption) In an upstairs room of Smithfield's Hand and Shears Inn, complainant and defendant argue their respective cases before Bartholomew Fair's piepowder court.
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