Definitions for "Salic Law"
the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes
1) a medieval law, thought to derive from the code of law of the Salian Franks, prohibiting a woman from succeeding to a throne. 2) a modern dynastic statute or practice based on this law.
a law code issued by Salian Franks which provides us with the earliest description of Germanic customs. (p. 210)