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Salic law definition

Salic law

  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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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