Webster's Dictionary 1913

1351

Legislatorial

Leg′is‐la‐to″ri‐al (–lȧ‐tō″rĭ‐al), a. Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature.

1352

Legislatorship

Leg″is‐la′tor‐ship (lĕj″ĭs‐lā′tẽr‐shĭp), n. The office of a legislator. Halifax.

1353

Legislatress

{ Leg″is‐la′tress (–trĕs), Leg″is‐la′trix (–trĭks), } n. A woman who makes laws. Shaftesbury.

1354

Legislature

Leg″is‐la′ture (lĕj″ĭs‐lā′tū̍r; 135), n. [Cf. F. législature.] The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.Without ...

1355

Legislature (2)

Legislature, n. — The legislatures of some of the more important states having constitutional government are as follows, the general name (or a translation of it) of the legisla...

1356

Legist

Le″gist (lē″jĭst), n. [F. légiste, LL. legista, fr. L. lex, legis, law. See Legal.] One skilled in the laws; a writer on law. Milman.J. Morley.

1357

Legitim

Le‐git″im (lē̍‐jĭ″ĭm), n. [See Legitimate, a.] (Scots Law) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.

1358

Legitimacy

Le‐git″i‐ma‐cy (–ĭ‐mȧ‐sy̆), n. [See Legitimate, a.] The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten,...

1359

Legitimate

Le‐git″i‐mate (–mā̍t), a. [LL. legitimatus, p. p. of legitimare to legitimate, fr. L. legitimus legitimate. See Legal.] 1. Accordant with law or with established legal forms and...

1360

Legitimate (2)

Le‐git″i‐mate (–māt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Legitimated (–mā′tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.Legitimating (–mā′tĭng).] To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or st...

1361

Legitimately

Le‐git″i‐mate‐ly (–mā̍t‐ly̆), adv. In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.

1362

Legitimateness

Le‐git″i‐mate‐ness, n. The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.

1363

Legitimation

Le‐git′i‐ma″tion (–mā″shŭn), n. [Cf. F. légitimation.]1. The act of making legitimate.The coining or legitimation of money. East.2. Lawful birth. Shak.

1364

Legitimatist

Le‐git″i‐ma‐tist (lē̍‐jĭt″ĭ‐mȧ‐tĭst), n. See Legitimist.

1365

Legitimatize

Le‐git″i‐ma‐tize (–tīz), v. t. To legitimate.

1366

Legitimism

Le‐git″i‐mism (–mĭz'm), n. The principles or plans of legitimists.

1367

Legitimist

Le‐git″i‐mist (–mĭst), n. [Cf. F. légitimiste.] 1. One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right.2. Specifically, a sup...

1368

Legitimize

Le‐git″i‐mize (lē̍‐jĭt″ĭ‐mīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Legitimized (–mīzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Legitimizing.] To legitimate.

1369

Legless

Leg″less (lĕg″lĕs), a. Not having a leg.

1370

Lego-literary

Le″go–lit″er‐a‐ry (lē″gō̍–lĭt″ẽr‐ā̍‐ry̆), a. [See Legal, and Literary.] Pertaining to the literature of law.

1371

Leguleian

Le′gu‐le″ian (lē′gū̍‐lē″yan), a. [L. leguleius pettifogger, fr. lex, legis, law.] Lawyerlike; legal. “Leguleian barbarism.” De Quincey. — n. A lawyer.

1372

Legume

Leg″ume (lĕg″ū̍m or lē̍‐gūm″), n. [F. légume, L. legumen, fr. legere to gather. So called because they may be gathered without cutting. See Legend.] 1. (Bot.) A pod dehiscent in...

1373

Legumen

‖Le‐gu″men (lē̍‐gū″mĕn), n.; pl. L. Legumina (–mĭ‐nȧ), E. Legumens (–mĕnz). Same as Legume.

1374

Legumin

Le‐gu″min (–mĭn), n. [Cf. F. légumine.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain-bea...

1375

Leguminous

Le‐gu″mi‐nous (–mĭ‐nŭs), a. [Cf. F. légumineux.] 1. Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.2. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Legumin...

1376

Leiger

Lei″ger (lē″jẽr), n. [See Leger, and Ledger.] See Leger, n., 2. Shak.

1377

Leiotrichan

Lei‐ot″ri‐chan (lī̍‐ŏt″rĭ‐kan), a. Of or pertaining to the Leiotrichi. — n. One of the Leiotrichi.