Usually means: Medieval courts for traveling merchants.
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  1. piepowder: Merriam-Webster
  2. piepowder: Collins English Dictionary
  3. piepowder: Wordnik
  4. piepowder: Wiktionary
  5. piepowder: Dictionary.com
  6. piepowder: Online Etymology Dictionary
  7. Piepowder: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Piepowder: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. piepowder: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Piepowder: World Wide Words

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  1. piepowder: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (piepowder)

noun:  (obsolete) Chiefly in court of piepowders, etc. (sense 2): a traveller, particularly one on foot; a wayfarer; specifically, a travelling merchant.
noun:  (British, law, historical) In full court of piepowders (also court of piepowder) or piepowder court: an ancient court in England held in conjunction with a fair or a market to administer summary justice over occurrences therein such as disputes between merchants and acts of theft and violence; they were presided over by the mayor and bailiffs of the borough, or by the steward if the fair or market was held by a lord.

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