Allegiance

Allegiance in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of allegiance.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Allegiance

(You may find allegiance at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

ties or obligations of a citizen or subject to a government or sovereign, late 14c., formed in English from Anglo-French legaunce “loyalty of a liege-man to his lord,” from Old French legeance, from liege (see liege (adj.)). Corrupted in spelling by confusion with the now-obsolete legal term allegeance “alleviation, mitigation” (for which see allay (verb)). General figurative sense of “recognition of claims to respect or duty, observance of obligation” is attested from 1732. French allégeance in this sense is said to be from English.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• allegiance in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• allegiance in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Allegiance

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Allegiance :

The duty of obedience owed to a head of state in return for his protectio It is due from all citizens of that state and its dependencies and also from any *alien present in the state (including enemy aliens under licence; for example, internees). A person who is declared by the British Nationality Act 1981 not to be an alien but who has a primary citizenship conferred by a state other than the UK is probably governed by the same principles as aliens so far as allegiance is concerned.

Definition of Allegiance

In relation to social issues, a meaning of allegiance is provided here: devotion or loyalty.