Loyal
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Legal, or according to law; as, loyal matrimony, a lawful marriage. "Vneore n'est loyal a homme de faire un n'est loyal," and it was held by the court that it was not lawful.
T. Jones, 24.
Also STpelled' loayl. Dyer, fol. 36, § 38; Law Fr. & Lat. Diet. The Norman spelling is "loyae."
Kelham.
Faithful to a prince or superior; true to plighted faith or duty.
Webster.