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Webster 1913 Edition


Placitory

Plac′i-to-ry

,
Adj.
[See
Placit
.]
Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law.
[Obs.]
Clayton.

Definition 2024


placitory

placitory

English

Adjective

placitory (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to legal pleas.
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    • 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 []