salic law

1. 1.

   the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes

   Broaderlegal code

Questions about salic law

What does salic law mean?

salic law means "the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes".

Is salic law a common word?

salic law is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.