See Also: ligeance(dictionary)
LIGEANCE(law)

ligeance (iou)



ligeance noun. LME.
[Old French (also legiance) (in medieval Latin ligantia, -entia, leg-), from lige LIEGE: see -ANCE.]
The allegiance of a liegeman or subject. arch. LME.
The jurisdiction of a monarch over his or her subjects or lieges; the territories subject to a monarch. Now rare or obsolete. LME.