Salic law

noun

1. a code of laws of the Salian Franks and other Germanic tribes, especially a provision in this code excluding females from the inheritance of land.
2. the alleged fundamental law of the French monarchy by which females were excluded from succession to the crown.
3. any law to the same effect.

Salic law

noun

1. 1. the code of laws of the Salic Franks and other Germanic tribes
   2. a law within this code excluding females from inheritance
2. a law excluding women from succession to the throne in certain countries, such as France and Spain

Word History and Origins

Origin of Salic law¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

This circumstance greatly disturbed the kings mind; he observed, that the Salic law had made no provision for such a case.

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Then we talked of intervention in Spain, then of the Salic Law and in fact of everything that is occupying people just now.

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Charlemagne and Louis the Pious seem to have made efforts to bring the other laws into harmony with the Salic law.

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In the fifth century the Salic law repealed the right of inheritance of women to patrimonial estates.

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The Salic Law prevailing in Belgium, the history of the female descendants is not of political importance.

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