Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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) 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.
   (b) 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.

Source : WordNet®

Salic law
     n : the code of laws of the Salian Franks and other German
         tribes