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- noun The legal code of the Salian Franks.
- noun A law, thought to derive from the code of laws of the Salian Franks, prohibiting a woman from succeeding to a throne.
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- noun A
law orrule thatexcludes women from theline of succession to athrone or otherpublic office .
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- noun the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German tribes
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Latin Lex Salica
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