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Salic code
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Salic — Sal ic (s[a^]l [i^]k), a. [F. salique, fr. the Salian Franks, who, in the fifth century, formed a body of laws called in Latin leges Salic[ae].] Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called. [Also {salique}.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Salic law — Salic Sal ic (s[a^]l [i^]k), a. [F. salique, fr. the Salian Franks, who, in the fifth century, formed a body of laws called in Latin leges Salic[ae].] Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called. [Also {salique}.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Salic — 1540s, from Fr. Salique, from M.L. Salicus, from the Salian Franks, a tribe that once lived near the Zuider Zee, the ancestors of the Merovingian kings, lit. those living near the river Sala (modern Ijssel). Salic Law, code of law of Germanic… … Etymology dictionary
Salic law — n. 1. a code of laws of Germanic tribes, including the Salian Franks; esp., the provision of this code excluding women from inheriting land 2. the law excluding women from succeeding to the throne in the French and Spanish monarchies … English World dictionary
Salic Law — Legal code traditionally thought to have been compiled under the great Merovingian king Clovis (r. 481 511), the Salic law (Lex Salica) is one of the most important of early medieval legal compilations. The importance of the code is the result … Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe
Salic law — 1. a code of laws of the Salian Franks and other Germanic tribes, esp. 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… … Universalium
Salic Law of Succession — ▪ German law the rule by which, in certain sovereign dynasties (monarchy), persons descended from a previous sovereign only through a woman were excluded from succession to the throne. Gradually formulated in France, the rule takes its name … Universalium
Salic law — noun Date: 1599 1. a rule held to derive from the legal code of the Salic Franks excluding females from the line of succession to a throne 2. the legal code of the Salic Franks … New Collegiate Dictionary
Salic law — /ˈsælɪk lɔ/ (say salik law), /ˈseɪlɪk/ (say saylik) noun 1. a code of laws of the Salian Franks, a tribe who dwelt in the regions of the Rhine near the North Sea, and of other Germanic tribes, especially a provision in this code excluding females …
Salic law — noun the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes • Hypernyms: ↑legal code … Useful english dictionary
Salic Law — The earliest barbarian code, in use by a Teutonic tribe in the fifth century. The law of the Franks … Ballentine's law dictionary
