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Placitum

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Plac´i`tum
n.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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Hoc equidem signum est ipsum subjectum Nobile de quo loquimur: nam sensuale Quid est, in quantum sonus est; rationale Vero, in quantum aliquid significare videtur ad placitum (De Vulgari Eloquentia 1.
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Year Book, Liber Assisarum, folio 99, placitum 60 (1348 or 1349) (Thorpe, C.
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Since Cornelia was already eleven years old, she was likely to be past twelve years old by the time the court made the final decision, at which point, she could already have been married "ad placitum della Madre," and so the question of her guardianship would be rendered moot.
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