Definition for SAL'IC

SAL'IC, a. [Echard deduces this word from sala, a house, and the law, from the circumstance that a male only could inherit his father's mansion and the court or land inclosed. Montesq. B. 18.]

The Salic law of France is a fundamental law, by virtue of which males only can inherit the throne.

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