Lidford Law
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Lynch Law." LIEGE (from liga, a bond, or litis, a man wholly at command of his lord).
In feudal law. Bound by a feudal tenure; bound in allegiance to the lord paramount, who owned no superior. The term was applied to the lord, or liege lord, to whom allegiance was due, since he was bound to protection and a just government, and also' to the feudatory, liegeman, or subject bound to allegiance, for he was bound to tribute and due subjection. 34 & 35 Hen. VIII. So lieges are the king's subjects. St. 8 Hen. VI. c. 10; 14 Hen. VIII. c. manors, had their lieges. Jacob; 1 Bl. Comm. 367. Liege, or ligius, was used in old records for full, pure, or perfect; e. g., ligia poteatas, full and free power of disposal. Par. Ant. 280. Probably in this sense derived from legitima. So in Scotland. See "Liege Poustie."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Lynch Law.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Lynch law.