Hypertext Webster Gateway: "placitum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Placitum \Plac"i*tum\, n.; pl. {Placita}. [LL. See {Placit}.]
1. A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which
the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon
affairs of state. --Brande & C.
2. (Old Eng. Law) A court, or cause in court.
3. (Law) A plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit.
--Burrill.
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