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placitory

placitory adjective: of or relating to legal pleas.

Adjective

placitory (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to legal pleas.
    • Bring the habit of law-learning into act, the doctrine into use, which is mostly seen in the art placitory1652, Clayton's Reports at Yorke
    • For Words are pure placitory Things, and depend upon the mutual Agreement of the Speaker and the Hearer […]1723, William Nicholls, A conference with a theist

Origin of placitory

From placit + -ory.

Questions about placitory

What does placitory mean?
Placitory means of or relating to legal pleas.
What part of speech is placitory?
Placitory is an adjective.

Words near placitory in the dictionary

  1. placing on a pedestal
  2. placing one's cards on the table
  3. placings
  4. placit
  5. placita
  6. placitory
  7. placits
  8. placitum
  9. plack
  10. plackard
  11. plackards

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