in law, a term sometimes used for liege lord, or one who owns no superior.

LIEGE PUSTULE, in Scots law, is opposed to death bed; and signifies a person's enjoying that state of health, in which only he can dispose of his property at pleasure. See law, Tit. xxvii. 28.

in geography, the capital of the bishopric of the same name in Germany, situated on the river Maas, twelves miles south of Maastricht; E. long. 5° 36', N. lat. 50° 40'.