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Placitator

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I. L In old English law. A pleader. Placituin^ I. I.

In old English law

A court; a cause or suit in court; a proceeding in court, particularly a pleading; a. day in court; a plea, an allegation of fact by a defendant Placitum commane: a common plea or action. Plncltuin de debito: a plea of debt Placitum de recto: an action or writ of right Placitum uominatum: a day appointed for the defepdant to plead or answer. Placitum pendens: a plea pending. Placitum principale et incidens: a principal and a collateral suit In feudal late. An assembly of the king and great men of the realm; an assembly or court of freeholders or vassals; a court of justice. In the civil law. An agreement of parties; an imperial ordinance or constitution; a judgment, decree or sentence of a court