placet Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pla"cet noun

Etymology

L. placet it pleases.

Definitions

1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc.
2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. Shipley.

   The king . . . annulled the royal placet. J. P. Peters.