Ligeance \Li"geance\ (l[=e]"jans), n. [OF. ligeance, ligance. See {Liege}.] (O. Eng. Law) The connection between sovereign and subject by which they were mutually bound, the former to protection and the securing of justice, the latter to faithful service; allegiance. [Written also {ligeancy} and {liegance}.] --Chaucer.