Allegiance is formed from " liege ," from Old French liege, " liege, free ", of Germanic origin.

Allegiance is the tie which binds the subject to the Sovereign in return for that protection which the Sovereign affords the subject.

Allegiance is owed both to the Sovereign as a natural person and to the Sovereign in the political capacity ( Re Stepney Election Petition, Isaacson v Durant ( 1886 ) 17 QBD 54 ( per Lord Coleridge CJ )).

* 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage.

In 2007 an " Allegiance Council " was created, comprising Abdul Aziz's surviving sons plus a grandson of each his deceased sons, to determine which member of the royal family will be the heir apparent ( the Crown Prince ) after Prince Salman, who is the current Crown Prince, either dies or accedes to the throne.

* 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.

* October 12 – To mark the 400th anniversary Columbus Day holiday, the " Pledge of Allegiance " is first recited in unison by students in U. S. public schools.

The Queen's commission for the governor general-designate is then read aloud by the Secretary to the Governor General and the required oaths are administered to the appointee by either the chief justice or one of the puisne justices of the Supreme Court ; the three oaths are: the Oath of Allegiance, the Oath of Office as Governor General and Commander-in-Chief, and the Oath as Keeper of the Great Seal of Canada.

By the Interpretation Act of 2005, no incumbent appointee of the Crown is affected by the death of the monarch, nor are they required to take the Oath of Allegiance again, and all references in legislation to previous monarchs, whether in the masculine ( e. g. His Majesty ) or feminine ( e. g. the Queen ), continue to mean the reigning sovereign of Canada, regardless of his or her gender.

Despite this exclusion, members of the commons must still express their loyalty to the monarch and defer to her authority, as the Oath of Allegiance must be recited by all new parliamentarians before they may take their seat, and the official opposition is traditionally dubbed as Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition.

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is an expression of loyalty to the federal flag and the republic of the United States of America, originally composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892 and formally adopted by Congress as the pledge in 1942.

Mark J. Pelavin, Associate Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, objected to court stripping in regards to the Pledge of Allegiance, " Today's House adoption of the so-called " Pledge Protection Act " is a shameful effort to strip our federal courts of their ability to uphold the rights of all Americans.

* Law – A federal court in San Francisco, California, ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional, because of its " under God " clause.

Hesston is served by over-the-air ATSC digital TV of the Wichita-Hutchinson viewing market area, cable TV by Allegiance Communications, and satellite TV.

Burns is served by over-the-air ATSC digital TV of the Wichita-Hutchinson viewing market area, cable TV by Allegiance Communications, and satellite TV.

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U. S. 624 ( 1943 ), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution protected students from being forced to salute the American flag and say the Pledge of Allegiance in school.

The title is the last four words of the Pledge of Allegiance.

He is also featured on " Pledge Allegiance to the Hag " on Eric Church's debut album.

" The title is also included in the Oath of Allegiance, which forms a part of the Oath of Citizenship, and can be found as ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA CANADA Latin for Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen of Canada on the obverse of various medals in the Canadian honours system.

Allegiance sworn to the monarch is as same as to the country, its constitution or flag.

The Oath of Allegiance is taken by holders of political office in Scotland before the Lord President of the Court of Session at a meeting of the court.

Allegiance to music is integrally woven into the social identity of Italians but no single style has been considered a characteristic " national style ".

The peer would take the Oath of Allegiance or the Solemn Affirmation, and would sign the Test Roll, at the top of which the same Oath is written.

The Bellamy salute is the salute described by Francis Bellamy ( 1855 – 1931 ) to accompany the American Pledge of Allegiance, which he had authored.

His youngest son Prince Faisal is the governor of Asir Province and a member of the Allegiance Council.

* The computer game Fragile Allegiance begins on May 25, 2496.

One of the most important ships in Allegiance, the scout is responsible for finding all of a map's sectors and alephs at the beginning of the game.

Allegiance has a reputation for not being an easy game to learn, even with its simplified flight model.

After Microsoft dropped support for Allegiance, the game has continued to be developed and the game has received additional praise and recognition, but the playerbase has not substantially increased.

* BIOS Faction, in the Allegiance video game

* The Microsoft game " Allegiance " that features jump drive like ripcord technology.

K240 was succeeded by Fragile Allegiance, which is essentially a PC remake of the game but with improved graphics and user interface.

* Allegiance ( computer game )

In 2002, controversy centered on a ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow ( 2002 ), which struck down a California law providing for the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance ( which includes the phrase " under God ") in classrooms.

the inclusion of the term " indivisible " in the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag ); before this, the construction " the United States are " was more common.

The Catholic Encyclopaedia make the point that the oath and the penalties were so severe that it stopped the efforts of the Gallicanizing party among the English Catholics, who had been ready to offer forms of submission similar to the old oath of Allegiance, which was condemned anew about this time by Pope Innocent X.

See Peer pressure, Sociology of religion, Pledge of Allegiance.

Bellamy was the cousin of Francis Bellamy, famous for creation of the Pledge of Allegiance.

After receiving his or her commission, the Governor-General makes an Oath of Allegiance and an Oath of Office to the monarch, and issues a proclamation assuming office.

The constitution act stipulates that: " Before assuming office, a person appointed to be Governor shall take the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance and the Oath or Affirmation of Office in the presence of the Chief Justice or another Judge of the Supreme Court.

Allegiance to him was enforced at every level.

Smith returned to the theatre stage after some 20 years in August 2006, appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in Allegiance, Irish journalist and author Mary Kenny's play about Churchill's encounter with the Irish nationalist leader Michael Collins in 1921.

In 2007, the Allegiance Council was created to regulate the succession.

American examples are Saigon Station ( 2003 ) by Charles Gillen, The Dream Merchant of Lisbon ( 2004 ) and No Game For Amateurs ( 2009 ) by Gene Coyle, Edge of Allegiance ( 2005 ) by Thomas F. Murphy, A Train to Potevka ( 2005 ) by Mike Ramsdell, Voices Under Berlin ( 2008 ), by T. H. E.

Allegiance to the tribal sunnah had been partially replaced by submission to a new universal authority and the sense of brotherhood among Muslims.

In the United States, civilians may salute the American flag by placing their right hand over their heart or by standing at attention during the playing of the national anthem or while reciting the American Pledge of Allegiance.

Apollo astronauts then recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and Hirt later performed the national anthem.

When Éamon de Valera led Fianna Fáil to victory in the Irish Free State election of 1932, he began removing the monarchical elements of the constitution, beginning with the Oath of Allegiance.

In Seattle, Harding greeted children and led 50, 000 Boy Scouts in the Pledge of Allegiance.

In November 1874, Gladstone published the pamphlet The Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on Civil Allegiance, directed at the First Vatican Council's dogmatising Papal Infallibility in 1870, which had outraged him.