Salic
pronunciation
How to pronounce Salic in British English:
UK [ˈsælik]
How to pronounce Salic in American English:
US [ˈselɪk, ˈsælɪk]
Word Origin
- Salic (adj.)
- "based on or contained in the law code of the Salian Franks," 1540s, from French Salique, from Medieval Latin Salicus, from the Salian Franks, a tribe that once lived near the Zuider Zee, the ancestors of the Merovingian kings, literally "those living near the river Sala" (modern Ijssel). Salic Law, code of law of Germanic tribes, was invoked 1316 by Philip V of France to exclude a woman from succeeding to the throne of France (and later to combat the French claims of Edward III of England), but the precise meaning of the passage is unclear.
Example
- 1. Edward iii laid the claim to the france throne through his mother , after the hundred years war had broken out , people found the salic law made it became an useful law weapon to defeat england , so the salic law established the distinctive status in the royal succession law .