ligeance

ligeance (lI-j[schwa]nts orlee-j[schwa]nts). Hist.

1. The obedience of a citizen to the citizen’s sovereign or government; allegiance.

2. The territory of a state or sovereign. — Also spelled liegeance. See LIEGE. [Cases: International Law 10.

3. C.J.S. International Law § 7.]

“Liegeance is a true and faithful obedience of the subject due to his sovereign; and this liegeance, which is an incident inseparable to every subject, is in four manners; the first is natural, the second acquired, the third local, and the fourth legal.” Termes de la Ley 280 (1st Am. ed. 1812).

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