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LIEGE - Obs. From the Latin, ligare, to bind. The lord to whom a vassal swears 'liege' fealty, usually the King. The bond subsisting between the subject and chief, or lord and vassal, binding the one to protection and just government, the other to tribute and due subjection. The prince or chief is called liege lord; the subjects liege men.m


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