allegiance
131ligealty — Allegiance. The fundamental principle of the common law with regard to English nationality was birth within the allegiance, also called ligealty, obedience, faith, or power, of the king. The principle embraced all persons born within the king s… …
132Ligantia — Allegiance; the allegiance owed by a *vassal to a lord. [< Lat. ligo = to tie, to bind] Cf. Ligeus …
