Allegiance
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The tie which binds the citizen to the government, in return for the protection which the government affords him. tory, and under the obedience of the government.
2 Kent, Comm. 42.
Acquired Allegiance
That binding a citizen who vras born an alien, but has been naturalized.
Local Allegiance
That which is due from an alien while resident in a country, in return for the protection afforded by the government, 16 Wall. (U. S.) 154.