lex talionis
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In the criminal law the ruling principle was the lex talionis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
It is my own dear daughter, the wife of Paul Wesselenyi, who, driven from her fatherland, on her knees implored me, as I loved her, to let the lex talionis assert its rights.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai
Character of early, 30; lex talionis, 30; legal codes, 30–31 Legend-s.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
Our heroine, being at once ardent and philosophical, put the lex talionis into force by falling in love with one of her mother's lodgers, a sprig of the legal profession.
From At Last by Marion Harland
And there is something just in this lex talionis.
From International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 2, July 8, 1850 by Various
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