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<h1>Liege</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Liege</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lige</ets>, <ets>lege</ets>, F. <ets>lige</ets>, LL. <ets>ligius</ets>, <ets>legius</ets>, liege, unlimited, complete, prob. of German origin; cf. G. <ets>ledig</ets> free from bonds and obstacles, MHG. <ets>ledec</ets>, <ets>ledic</ets>, <ets>lidic</ets>, freed, loosed, and Charta Ottonis de Benthem, ann. <?/ , "<ets>ligius homo</ets> quod Teutonic\'8a dicitur <ets>ledigman</ets>," i. e., uni soli homagio obligatus, free from all obligations to others; influenced by L.<ets>ligare</ets> to bind. G. <ets>ledig</ets> perh. orig. meant, free to go where one pleases, and is perh. akin to E.<ets>lead</ets> to conduct. Cf. <er>Lead</er> to guide.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; <as>as, a <ex>liege</ex> lord</as>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; And he, he reverenced his <b>liege</b> lady there. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; <as>as, a <ex>liege</ex> man; a <ex>liege</ex> subject.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>Full; perfect; complete; pure.</def> <i>Burrill</i>.

<cs><col>Liege homage</col> <fld>(Feudal Custom)</fld>, <cd>that homage of one sovereign or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of fealty and services.</cd> -- <col>Liege poustie</col> <ety>[L. <ets>legitima potestas<ets>]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld>, <cd>perfect, <it>i. e.</it>, legal, power; specif., having health requisite to do legal acts.</cd> -- <col>Liege widowhood</col>, <cd>perfect, <it>i. e.</it>, pure, widowhood. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Liege</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Liege</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.</def> <i>Mrs. Browning</i>.

<blockquote>The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, <b>Liege</b> of all loiterers and malcontents. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.</def>

<blockquote>A liege lord seems to have been a lord of a free band; and his <b>lieges</b>, though serving under him, were privileged men, free from all other obligations, their name being due to their freedom, not to their service. <i>Skeat.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Liegeman</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Liege"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Liegemen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>Same as <er>Liege</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def>

<i>Chaucer. Spenser.</i>

<h1>Lieger</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Lie"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Leger</er>, <er>Ledger</er>.]</ety> <def>A resident ambassador. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Leger</er>.</def>

<i>Denham.</i>

<h1>Liegiancy</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Lie"gian*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Ligeance</er>.</def>

<h1>Lien</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Li"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>obs. p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Lie</er>. See <er>lain</er>.</def>

<i>Ps. lxviii. 13.</i>

<h1>Lien</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Lien</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lien</ets> band, bond, tie, fr. L. <ets>ligamen</ets>, fr. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind. Cf. <er>League</er> a union, <er>Leam</er> a string, <er>Leamer</er>, <er>Ligament</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.</def>

<h1>Lienal</h1> <Xpage=850>

<hw>Li*e"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lien</ets> the spleen.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.</def>

<h1>Lienculus</h1> <Xpage=850>