'Placet' definitions:

Definition of 'Placet'

From: GCIDE
  • Placet \Pla"cet\, n. [L. placet it pleases.]
  • 1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. --Shipley. [1913 Webster]
  • The king . . . annulled the royal placet. --J. P. Peters. [1913 Webster]