legific
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin lex, legis (“law”) + -ficare (“to make”, comparative). See -fy.
Adjective
editlegific (not comparable)
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to lawmaking.
- 1876', John Grote, A Treatise on the Moral Ideals
- Practically, in many cases, authority or legific competence has begun in bare power.
- 1876', John Grote, A Treatise on the Moral Ideals
References
edit- “legific”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.