| 单词 | piepowder justice |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiepowder justice 2. = Court of Piepowders n. at sense 1. Also in plural with singular agreement. Also attributive in piepowder justice.In quot. c1475 used adverbially with the sense ‘as in a Court of Piepowders; summarily’. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > summary court at fairs or markets piepowderc1475 Court of Piepowders1477 Piepowder Court1574 c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. 319 To ben of conceill for causis þat in þe court hangid, And pledid pipoudris alle manere pleyntis. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. ii. 18 in Wks. II I'll talke with you anone; and take you downe too, afore Iustice Ouerdoo, he is the man must charme you, Ile ha' you i' the Piepouldres. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 89 To..Have it's proceedings disallow'd, or Allow'd, at fancy of Py-powder. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. ii. 12 Dost think, that John Bull will be tried by Piepowders? 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. xix. 191 Jurors, magistrates, witnesses, attorneys of the circuit, and all the throng of a country side interested in this piepowder justice. 1996 W. J. Novak People's Welfare iii. 96 Special courts known as piepowders administered market justice. < as lemmas |
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