‖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. 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.