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Term: 
Legisign
Quote: 

A legisign is a general type which is significant because it may be embodied in instances which have noticeable relations adapting them to be signs of the very objects denoted.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1905 [c.]). The Basis of Pragmaticism. MS [R] 284.
References: 
MS [R] 284:59
Date of Quote: 
1905 [c.]
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