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Definition of Salic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called.
Definition of Salic
1. Adjective. Salian. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Salic
1. pertaining to a group of igneous rocks [adj]
Medical Definition of Salic
1. Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called. [Also salique] Salic law. A code of laws formed by the Salian Franks in the fifth century. By one provision of this code women were excluded from the inheritance of landed property. Specifically, in modern times, a law supposed to be a special application of the above-mentioned provision, in accordance with which males alone can inherit the throne. This law has obtained in France, and at times in other countries of Europe, as Spain. Origin: F. Salique, fr. The Salian Franks, who, in the fifth century, formed a body of laws called in latin leges Salicae. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salic
Literary usage of Salic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which by James Handasyd Perkins, John Mason Peck (1857)
"La Salle goes from Chicago westward La salic on banks of the Mississippi. ...
La salic building in Texas; unfortunate. La Fulle in person searches for the ..."
2. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François) (1846)
"Object of the lecture—False idea of the salic law—History of the formation of
this law—Two hypotheses upon this matter—Eighteen manuscripts — Two texts of ..."
3. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1794)
"As the salic laws did not admit of this ... in the law of the Lombards, and »'
the end oi the salic laws. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"We have very few means of . ascertaining when .the salic Law2 was compiled, and
how long it remained in force. Our knowledge of the code is derived—(i. ..."
5. Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays by James Barr Ames (1913)
"The law was administered, under the salic law, IB popular courts, called Hundred
Courts. These courts administered customary law. ..."
6. Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays by James Barr Ames (1913)
"The law of the salic Franks is the oldest of the German folk-laws known to us,
... The law was administered, under the salic law, in popular courts, ..."
7. Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays by James Barr Ames (1913)
"The law of the salic Franks is the oldest of the German folk-laws known to us,
... The law was administered, under the salic law, in popular courts, ..."
8. Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which by James Handasyd Perkins, John Mason Peck (1857)
"La Salle goes from Chicago westward La salic on banks of the Mississippi. ...
La salic building in Texas; unfortunate. La Fulle in person searches for the ..."
9. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François) (1846)
"Object of the lecture—False idea of the salic law—History of the formation of
this law—Two hypotheses upon this matter—Eighteen manuscripts — Two texts of ..."
10. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1794)
"As the salic laws did not admit of this ... in the law of the Lombards, and »'
the end oi the salic laws. ..."
11. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"We have very few means of . ascertaining when .the salic Law2 was compiled, and
how long it remained in force. Our knowledge of the code is derived—(i. ..."
12. Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays by James Barr Ames (1913)
"The law was administered, under the salic law, IB popular courts, called Hundred
Courts. These courts administered customary law. ..."
13. Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays by James Barr Ames (1913)
"The law of the salic Franks is the oldest of the German folk-laws known to us,
... The law was administered, under the salic law, in popular courts, ..."
14. Lectures on Legal History and Miscellaneous Legal Essays by James Barr Ames (1913)
"The law of the salic Franks is the oldest of the German folk-laws known to us,
... The law was administered, under the salic law, in popular courts, ..."