placitory

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English

Etymology

From placit +‎ -ory.

Adjective

placitory (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to legal pleas.
    • 1652, Clayton's Reports at Yorke
      Bring the habit of law-learning into act, the doctrine into use, which is mostly seen in the art placitory
    • 1723, William Nicholls, A conference with a theist:
      For Words are pure placitory Things, and depend upon the mutual Agreement of the Speaker and the Hearer []