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Webster 1913 Edition
Ligeance
Li′geance
(lē′jans)
, Noun.
(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.
Definition 2024
ligeance
ligeance
English
Alternative forms
- liegance
- ligeancy
Noun
ligeance (plural ligeances)
- (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.