The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ligeance
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.
Wiktionary
ligeance
n. (context UK legal obsolete English) 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.