Allegiance

An allegiance is a duty of fidelity said to be owed, or freely committed, by the people, subjects or citizens to their state or sovereign.

Etymology

From Middle English ligeaunce (see medieval Latin ligeantia, "a liegance"). The al- prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an "allegation" (the French allegeance comes from the English). Allegiance is formed from "liege," from Old French liege, "liege, free", of Germanic origin. The connection with Latin ligare, "to bind," is erroneous.

Usage

The term allegiance was traditionally often used by English legal commentators in a larger sense, divided by them into natural and local, the latter applying to the deference which even a foreigner must pay to the institutions of the country in which he happens to live. However it is in its proper sense, in which it indicates national character and the subjection due to that character, that the word is more important.

In that sense it represents the feudal liege homage, which could be due only to one lord, while simple homage might be due to every lord under whom the person in question held land. KING>>NOBLE>>KNIGHTS>>PEASANTS

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Allegiance (disambiguation)

Allegiance is the duty which a subject or citizen is widely expected to owe to the state to which he belongs.

Allegiance may also refer to:

Music

Allegiance (American band), a retired hardcore band from San Francisco

Allegiance (Australian band), a retired thrash metal band from Perth, Australia

Allegiance (As Blood Runs Black album), the debut album of deathcore band As Blood Runs Black

Allegiance (Firewind album), the fourth full-length album by Firewind

"Allegiance", a song by Dimmu Borgir from their 2003 album Death Cult Armageddon

Television

"Allegiance" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a 1990 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Allegiance" (Stargate SG-1), a 2002 episode of Stargate SG-1

"Allegiance", a 2013 episode of NCIS: Los Angeles

Allegiance (TV series), an American remake of the Israeli TV series The Gordin Cell

Other fields

Allegiance (video game), a 2000 computer game originally by Microsoft

Allegiance (novel), a novel set in the Star Wars galaxy that was released in January 2007 by Del Rey

Allegiance (video game)

Allegiance is a multiplayer online game providing a mix of real-time strategy and player piloted space combat gameplay. Initially developed by Microsoft Research, the game was later released under a shared source license in 2004 and is now maintained and developed by volunteers.

Plot

The story in which the game is set takes place circa 2150, shortly after the destruction of Earth by an asteroid. This cataclysm forced the remnants of humanity to the stars in search of new land and resources. Humanity quickly fractures into four main factions:

The militaristic Iron Coalition, descendants of a United Nations-sanctioned peacekeeping force.

GigaCorp, a transplanetary corporation bent on controlling all natural resources.

Belters, a motley collection of traders, freedom fighters and pirates.

and the Bios, a mysterious offshoot of genetically engineered humans with their own agenda for "stalegenes".

In the midst of the ensuing civil war, humans discover the alien Rixian Unity. An ancient and advanced race, the Rixians seek to "enlighten" heathen races (such as the human race) and convert them to their religion.