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Piepowder
Piepoudre Pie"pou`dre, Piepowder Pie"pow`der, n. [Lit.,
dustyfoot, i. e., dusty-footed dealers, fr. F. pied foot +
poudreux dusty.] (O. Eng. Law)
An ancient court of record in England, formerly incident to
every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owned
or had the toll was the judge. --Blackstone.
Meaning of Piepowder from wikipedia
- A
court of
piepowders was a
special tribunal in
England organised by a
borough on the
occasion of a fair or market. Such a
court had
unlimited jurisdiction...
-
property qualifications for jurors,
restricted the
abusive Courts of
Piepowders,
regulated cloth sales,
instituted certain forms of
trade protectionism...
- bailiwick,
which was
given the
right to hold a market, a fair and a
court of
piepowders. In 1835
Hemel Hempstead became the
centre of a poor law union, and a...
-
Commission Court of
Criminal Appeal Court for
Crown Cases Reserved Courts of
piepowders (marketplace courts) ****ize
Court Restrictive Practices Court Courts leet...
-
market and fair
called the Pie-Poudre
Court (also
spelt pie
poudre or
Piepowders). The name
comes from the French, "pieds poudrés"
which can be translated...
- the seat of
county ****izes, Bury St
Edmunds had been a site for both
piepowder courts and
court ****izes, the
latter since the
Abbey was
given a Liberty...
- is
where the
Court Leet of Whitby, the
Court of
Pleas and the
Court of
Piepowder used to meet.
Sometimes guilty parties would have to
occupy the stocks...
- the town and
surrounding area and was also the
venue for the
court of
piepowders which dealt with
legal issues arising on the market. In the
summer of...
- court, the room on the
first floor was used for
hearings of the
court of
piepowders which resolved commercial disputes among merchants.
Following the dissolution...
-
court absorbed the Mayor's
Court and at
least one of Bristol's
court of
piepowders. The
Tolzey Court was
limited in
jurisdiction to
actions arising in Bristol...
