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LOYALTY Definition & Legal Meaning

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Adherence to law. Faithfulness to one’s prince or sovereign or to the existing government. Luhricum linguae non facile traken- dum est in poenain. Cro. Car. 117.A slip of the tongue ought not lightly to be subjected to punishment

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