The Collaborative International Dictionary
Salic \Sal"ic\ (s[a^]l"[i^]k), a. [F. salique, fr. the Salian Franks, who, in the fifth century, formed a body of laws called in Latin leges Salic[ae].] 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.
Wikipedia
Salique (; born 28 March 1990) is an English singer-songwriter and fitness model.
Usage examples of "salique".
The Salique Law is a law in France, whereby it is enacted, that no female shall inherit that crown.
Had I my will, there should be in every realm not a salique, but an anti-salique law: whereby no kings, but only queens should rule mankind.
In Spain, Ferdinand deeply offended the Carlists by his abolition of the salique law in favour of the child, if it should be a female, with which his queen was pregnant, and thus gave rise to a war which long desolated the northern provinces of Spain, as well as to the quadripartite treaty, under which it was hoped that the country might enjoy the blessings of a constitutional government.
And justly and religiously unfold Why the Law Salique, that they have in France Or should or should not bar us in our claim.