LIGEANTIA
\lˈa͡ɪd͡ʒanʃə], \lˈaɪdʒanʃə], \l_ˈaɪ_dʒ_a_n_ʃ_ə]\
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Lat. Ligeance; allegiance. Ligeantia est quasi legis essentia; est vinculum fidei. Co. Litt. 129. Allegiance is. as it were, the essence of law; it is the chain of faith. Ligeantia naturalis nullis claustris coercetur, nullis metis refraenatur, nullis flnibus premitur. 7 Coke. 10. Natural allegiance is restrained by no barriers, reined by no bounds, compressed by no limits.
By Henry Campbell Black
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