A more thorough explanation:

Term: placitare
Definition: Placitare is a legal term that means to bring a case to court. It is the act of pleading or making a formal request to a court to hear and decide a legal dispute.
Examples: John decided to placitare against his landlord for not fixing the broken window in his apartment. Mary had to placitare against her former employer for wrongful termination.
Explanation: In both examples, the individuals are using the legal term placitare to describe the act of bringing a case to court. John is pleading with the court to hear his case against his landlord, while Mary is making a formal request to the court to decide whether her former employer wrongfully terminated her.