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Placit vs Placet - What's the difference?

placit | placet |

As nouns the difference between placit and placet

is that placit is a decree or determination; a dictum while placet is a vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.

placit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A decree or determination; a dictum.
    • The placits and opinions of other philosophers. — Evelyn.
    (Webster 1913)

    placet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
  • The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
    • (Shipley)
  • * J. P. Peters
    • The king annulled the royal placet .
    (Webster 1913) ----