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Definition: 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 service;
allegiance. [Written also
ligeancy and
liegance.]
--Chaucer.
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