- Liegance
- Liegance Lieg"ance (l[=e]"jans), n. Same as {Ligeance}. [1913 Webster]
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Liegance
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liegance — Ligeance Li geance (l[=e] jans), n. [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ligeance — Li geance (l[=e] jans), n. [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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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