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Webster 1913 Edition
Placitum
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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.
Definition 2024
placitum
placitum
English
Noun
placitum (plural placita)
- A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign presided when a consultation was held upon affairs of state.
- (Britain, law, obsolete) A court, or cause in court.
- (law) A plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
Latin
Etymology
Neuter gender of placitus.
Noun
placitum n
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | placitum | placita |
| genitive | placitī | placitōrum |
| dative | placitō | placitīs |
| accusative | placitum | placita |
| ablative | placitō | placitīs |
| vocative | placitum | placita |
Descendants
Participle
placitum
- nominative neuter singular of placitus
References
- placitum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- PLACITUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “placitum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.