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.

Webster 1913