BENE PLACITO

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‖Be′ne plac″i‐to (bē′nē̍ plăs″ĭ‐tō̍; It. bā′nā̍ plä″chē̍‐tō̍). [[It. beneplacito pleasure, fr. L. bene well + placitus pleasing.]] 1. 1. At or during pleasure.
For our English judges there never was . . . any bene placito as their tenure. F. Harrison. 2. 2. (Mus.) At pleasure; ad libitum.