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Placitum   Listen
noun
Placitum  n.  (pl. placita)  
1.
A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of state.
2.
(Old Eng. Law) A court, or cause in court.
3.
(Law) A plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit.






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"Placitum" Quotes from Famous Books



... ordinary designation of the smaller sanctuaries. This derivation is distinctly affirmed by Walafred Strabo about 842, and by a monk of St. Gall, placed by Basnage about 884. The earliest instance where the word capella is used for the vestment of St. Martin appears to be in a "Placitum" of Theodoric, King of France, who ascended the throne A.D. 672—"in oratorio nostro super capella Domini Martini ... haec dibiret conjurare." In a second "Placitum," also quoted by Ducange, of Childebert, King of France (circa 695), the word capella seems ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 26. Saturday, April 27, 1850 • Various



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