Lex Salica
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Lex Salica is the early medieval legal code of the Salian Franks, best known for its detailed system of fines and its later influence on European succession laws.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lex Salica canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4472173 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lex Salica Context triple: [Salic law, codifiedIn, Lex Salica]
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A.
Tribonian
Tribonian was a prominent 6th-century Byzantine jurist and official under Emperor Justinian I, best known for leading the codification of Roman law that shaped European legal tradition for centuries.
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B.
Jiliac Desilijic Tiron
Jiliac Desilijic Tiron is a Hutt crime lord from the Star Wars Expanded Universe, known as a powerful member of the Desilijic kajidic and an influential figure in the galactic underworld.
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C.
Tullius
Tullius is the Roman family name (nomen) of the orator and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero.
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D.
Corwin
Corwin is a surname most notably associated with Jonathan Corwin, a judge involved in the Salem witch trials in 17th-century Massachusetts.
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E.
Solica Cassuto
Solica Cassuto is a Greek actress best known for being the second wife of American actor and television star Andy Griffith.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lex Salica Target entity description: Lex Salica is the early medieval legal code of the Salian Franks, best known for its detailed system of fines and its later influence on European succession laws.
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A.
Tribonian
Tribonian was a prominent 6th-century Byzantine jurist and official under Emperor Justinian I, best known for leading the codification of Roman law that shaped European legal tradition for centuries.
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B.
Jiliac Desilijic Tiron
Jiliac Desilijic Tiron is a Hutt crime lord from the Star Wars Expanded Universe, known as a powerful member of the Desilijic kajidic and an influential figure in the galactic underworld.
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C.
Tullius
Tullius is the Roman family name (nomen) of the orator and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero.
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D.
Corwin
Corwin is a surname most notably associated with Jonathan Corwin, a judge involved in the Salem witch trials in 17th-century Massachusetts.
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E.
Solica Cassuto
Solica Cassuto is a Greek actress best known for being the second wife of American actor and television star Andy Griffith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
barbarian law code
ⓘ
early medieval law code ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Frankish kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of the Franks
|
| associatedWithDynasty | Merovingian dynasty ⓘ |
| citedIn |
French Wars of Religion succession debates
ⓘ
Hundred Years' War succession disputes ⓘ
linked to:
Hundred Years' War
|
| compiledUnder |
Clovis I
ⓘ
linked to:
Clovis
|
| developedFrom | Germanic customary law ⓘ |
| feature |
composition instead of blood feud
ⓘ
detailed tariff of fines ⓘ system of monetary compensations (wergild) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Lex Salica Francorum
ⓘ
linked to:
Salic law
Salic Law ⓘ
linked to:
Salic law
|
| hasLanguage |
Latin
ⓘ
Old Frankish ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptTradition | multiple recensions ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Lex Salica emendata
ⓘ
Pactus legis Salicae ⓘ
linked to:
Salic law
|
| historicalSignificance |
foundation for later concept of Salic Law in Europe
ⓘ
key source for early Frankish society ⓘ |
| influenced |
Burgundian succession practices
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European succession laws ⓘ French royal succession law ⓘ German princely succession customs ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Roman law ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
civil law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ procedural law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple |
monetary compensation over corporal punishment
ⓘ
personal law (law tied to ethnic group) ⓘ tariffed penalties ⓘ |
| legalSystemOf | Salian Franks ⓘ |
| notableClause |
agnatic succession principle
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exclusion of women from royal succession ⓘ provisions on bodily injury compensation ⓘ provisions on church property protection ⓘ provisions on homicide compensation ⓘ provisions on insults and defamation fines ⓘ provisions on oath-helpers (compurgation) ⓘ provisions on theft and robbery fines ⓘ rules on inheritance of land (allodial property) ⓘ |
| originatesInCentury | 6th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | Carolingian Empire ⓘ |
| usedUntilCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lex Salica Description of subject: Lex Salica is the early medieval legal code of the Salian Franks, best known for its detailed system of fines and its later influence on European succession laws.
Referenced by (7)
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