bene : Idioms & Phrases

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bene placito

Be`ne plac"i*to
Etymology
It. beneplacito pleasure, fr. L. bene well + placitus pleasing.
Definitions
  1. At or during pleasure.
    For our English judges there never was . . . any bene placito as their tenure. F. Harrison.
  2. (Mus.) At pleasure; ad libitum.
Webster 1913

de bene esse

De be"ne es"se
Etymology
L.
Definitions
  1. (Law) Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. Abbott.
Webster 1913

nota bene

  • noun a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something
    N.B.; NB.
    • the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs
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