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placita

placita


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  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.