Plāç'ī-tā, n. pl.

nounplural

n. pl. [Lat. See PLACIT.]

  1. Public courts or assemblies held in the middle ages, in which the sovereign presided, when a consultation was held upon the affairs of state. Brande.
  2. (O. Eng. Law.) Pleas; pleadings; judicial proceedings; suits. Burrill.