||Plac"i*tum (?), n.; pl.
Placita (#). [LL. See Placit.]
1. A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages,
over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon
affairs of state. Brande & C.
2. (Old Eng. Law) A court, or cause in
court.
3. (Law) A plea; a pleading; a judicial
proceeding; a suit. Burrill.