ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Placitory

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Placitory is an adjective meaning (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to legal pleas.

Meaning

(obsolete, rare) Of or relating to legal pleas.

Example Sentences

For Words are pure placitory Things, and depend upon the mutual Agreement of the Speaker and the Hearer […]
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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include plausive, pleuritick, petitionary, pacative, palacious, plebean.

Related Dictionary Tools

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.