legific

English

Etymology

From Latin lex, legis (“law”) + -ficare (“to make”, comparative). See -fy.

Adjective

legific (not comparable)

1. (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.

References

• “legific”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.