Liege Lord
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A sovereign; a superior lord. LIEGE POUSTIE (legitima potestas).
In Scotch law. That state of health which gives a person full power to dispose of, mortis causa, or otherwise, his heritable property. Bell, Diet.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A sovereign ; a superior lord.
Defined under Liege in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A sovereign; a superior lord. LIEGs POUSTIE. In Scotch -law. That state of health which gives a person full power to dispose of, mortis eausi or otherwise, his heritable property. Bell. A deed executed at the time of such a state of health, as opposed to a death-bed conveyance,