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).
[Blacks Law 8th]