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Webster 1913 Edition

(lē̍-jĭf′ĭk)

Adj.

[L.

lex

legis

, law +

-ficare

(in comp.) to make. See

Of or pertaining to making laws.

Practically, in many cases, authority or

legific

competence has begun in bare power.

J. Grote.

legific ‎(not comparable)

Of or pertaining to lawmaking.
Practically, in many cases, authority or legific competence has begun in bare power. — J. Grote.