KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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PIX

PLACITUM

FLACIT, or PLACITUM.

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and there are occasions on which resort is had for this purpose to an ancient mode of inquisition called the "trial of the pix," be fore a jury of members of the Goldsmiths' Company. 2 Steph. Comm. 540, note. — Pix jury. A jury consisting of the members of the corporation of the goldsmiths of the city of London, assembled upon an inquisition of very ancient date, called the "trial of the pix." An edict; a declaration; a manifesto. Also an advertisement or public notification. An old form of the word "pleas." Thus the "Court of Common Pleas" was sometimes called the "Court of Common Place." This word is a very indefinite term. It is applied to any locality, limited by boundaries, however large or however small. It may be used to designate a coun try, state, county, town, or a very small por tion of a town. The extent of the locality designated by it must generally be deter mined by the connection in which it is used. Law v. Fairfield, 46 Vt. 432. — Place of contract. The place (country or state) in which a contract is made, ana whose law must determine questions affecting the execution, validity, and construction or the contract. Scudder v. Union Nat. Bank, 91 U. S. 412, 23 L. Ed. 245.— Place of de livery. The place where delivery is to be made of goods sold. If no place is specified in the contract, the articles sold must, in general, be delivered at the place where they are at the time of the sale. Hatch v. Standard Oil Co., 100 U. S. 134, 25 L. Ed. 554.— Place where. A phrase used in the older reports, being a literal translation of locus in quo, (q. v.) In mining law. A superficial deposit of sand, gravel, or disintegrated rock, carrying one or more of the 'precious metals, along the course or under the bed of a water-course, ancient or current, or along the shore of the sea. Under the acts of con gress, the term includes all forms of mineral deposits, except veins of quartz or other rock in place. Rev. St. U. S. § 2329 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1432). See Montana Coal & Coke Co. v. Livingston, 21 Mont. 59, 52 Pac. 780; Gregory v. Pershbaker, 73 Cal. 109, 14 Pac. 401; Freezer v. Sweeney, 8 Mont A mining claim located on the public domain for the purpose of placer mining, that is, ground within the defined boundaries which contains miueral in its earth, sand, or gravel; ground which includes valu able deposits not "in place," that is, not fixed in rock, or which are in a loose state. U. S. v. Iron Silver Min. Co., 128 U. S. 673, 9 Sup. Ct. 195, 32 L. Ed. 571; Clipper Min. Co. v. Eli Min. Co., 194 U. S 220, 24 Sup. Ct. 632, 48 L. Ed. 944; Wheeler v. Smith, 5 Wash. 704, 32 Pac. 784.—Placer location. A placer claim located aad occupied on the public do main. PLACARD. PLACE. PLACE. PLACEMAN. One who exercises a pub lic employment, or fills a public station. PLACER. 508, 21 Pac. 20. — Placer claim.

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PLACITA. The public assemblies of all degrees of men where the sovereign presided, who usually consulted upon the great affairs of the king dom. Also pleas, pleadings, or debates, and trials at law; sometimes penalties, fines, mulcts, or emendations; also the style of the court at the beginning of the record at nisi prius, but this Is now omitted. Cowell. In the civil law. The decrees or consti tutions of the emperor; being the expres sions of his will and pleasure. Calvin. — Placita commnnia. Common pleas. All civil actions between subject and subject. 3 Bl. Comm. 38, 40.— Placita coronse. Pleas of the crown. All trials for crimes and mis demeanors, wherein the king is plaintiff, on behalf of the people. 3 Bl. Comm. 40.— Pla cita juris. Pleas or rules of law; "particu lar and positive learnings of laws;" "Grounds and positive learnings received with the law and set down;" as distinguished from maxims or the formulated conclusions of legal reason. Bac. Max. pref., and reg. 12. Placita de transgressione contra pa cem regis, in regno Anglise vi et armis facta, secundum legem et consuetudi nent Anglise sine brevi regis placitari non debent. 2 Inst. 311. Pleas of tres pass against the peace of the king in the kingdom of England, made with force and arms, ought not, by the law and custom of England, to be pleaded without the king's writ. Placita negativa duo exitum non f aci unt. Two negative pleas do not form an Is sue. Lofft, 415. In old English law.

PLACITABILE.

law.

In old English

Pleadable. Spelman.

PLACITAMENTUM.

In old records.

The pleading'of a cause. Spelman.

PLACITARE.

To plead.

PLACITATOR. In old records. A plead er. Cowell; Spelman.

PLACITORY.

to

or

Relating

pleas

pleading.

PLACITUM. In old English law. A public assembly at which the king presided, and which comprised men of all degrees, met for consultation about the great affairs of the kingdom. Cowell. A court; a judicial tribunal; a lord's court. Placita was the style or title of the courts at the beginning of the old nisi prius record. A suit or cause in court; a Judicial pro ceeding; a trial. Placita were divided into placita coronce (crown cases or pleas of the crown, i. e., criminal actions) and placita