Homagium Ligium
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Liege homage; that kind of homafee which was due to the sovereign alone as supreme lord, and which was done without any saving or exception of the rights of other lords. Spelman. So called from ligando (binding) because it could not be renounced like other kinds of homage.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Homage.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Liege homage; that kind of homage which was due to the sovereign alone as supreme lord, and which was done without any saving or exception of the rights of other lords Spelman. So calied from ligando, (binding,) because it could not be renounced like other kinds of homage.-
Defined under Homagium in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Liege homage; that kind of homage which was due to the sovereign alone as supreme lord, and which was done without any saving or exception of the rights of other lords. Spelman. So called from ligando, (binding,) because it could not be renounced like other kinds of homige, Homagium, non per procuratores nec per literas fieri potuit, sed in propria persona tam domini quam tenentis capi debet et fieri. Co. Litt. 68. Homage cannot be done by proxy, uor by letiers, but must be paid and received in the proper person, as well of the lord as the tenant.