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| | Blackstone on Allegiance |
 | | Allegiance is the tie, or ligamen, which binds the subject to the king, in return for that protection which the king affords the subject. |
 | | Natural allegiance is therefore perpetual, and local temporary only: and that for this reason, evidently founded upon the nature of government; that allegiance is a debt due from the subject, upon an implied contract with the prince, that so long as the one affords protection, so long the other will demean himself faithfully. |
 | | This oath of allegiance, or rather the allegiance itself, is held to be applicable not only to the political capacity of the king or regal office, but to his natural person, and blood royal: and for the misapplication of their allegiance, viz. |
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