bene placito

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bene placito - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bene placito \Be`ne plac"i*to\ (b[=e]`n[-e] pl[a^]s"[i^]*t[-o];
     It. b[=a]`n[asl] pl[aum]"ch[-e]*t[-o]). [It. beneplacito
     pleasure, fr. L. bene well + placitus pleasing.]
     1. At or during pleasure.
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              For our English judges there never was . . . any
              bene placito as their tenure.         --F. Harrison.
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     2. (Mus.) At pleasure; ad libitum.
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