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Webster 1913 Edition


Ligeance

Li′geance

(lē′jans)
,
Noun.
[OF.
ligeance
,
ligance
. See
Liege
.]
(O. Eng. Law)
The connection between sovereign and subject by which they were mutually bound, the former to protection and the securing of justice, the latter to faithful service; allegiance.
[Written also
ligeancy
and
liegance
.]
Chaucer.

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ligeance

ligeance

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Noun

ligeance (plural ligeances)

  1. (Britain, law, obsolete) The connection between sovereign and subject by which they were mutually bound, the former to protection and the securing of justice, the latter to faithful service; allegiance.