'Liegance' definitions:

Definition of 'Liegance'

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  • Liegance \Lieg"ance\ (l[=e]"jans), n. Same as Ligeance. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'liegance'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]