Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            For our English judges there never was . . . any
            bene placito as their tenure.         --F. Harrison.

   2. (Mus.) At pleasure; ad libitum.