lex talionis
Example Sentences
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On their side the lex talionis was practised with a loose hand; so loose that it soon became necessary to restrain it; and they were no longer allowed to go scouting on their own account.
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne
The lex talionis was the custom of the hour.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
The reader will remember how, partly inspired by his affection for Robert Grace, and partly by resentment over a small office, Franklin applied the sharp edge of the lex talionis to Jemmy Read.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
The lex talionis has no place in Christmas giving.
From A Little Book for Christmas by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
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 J?kai, M?r
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
