Obs. Also legeancy. [f. as prec.: see -ANCY.] = prec.
1647. Digges, Unlawf. Taking Arms, iii. 82. The definition of Legeancy is set down in the great customary of Normandy, Ligeantia est quâ domino tenentur vassalli sui.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., s.v. Liege, Liege-man is he that owes ligeancy to his Liege Lord.
1660. R. Sheringham, King’s Suprem. Asserted, v. (1682), 36. Allegiance or ligeancy is due to the King, and none but the King.
