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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LIGEANCE
Li
"geance, n.
Etym:
[
OF.
ligeance,
ligance.
See
Liege.
] (O.
Eng.
Law
)
Defn:
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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