lex talionis

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"Perhaps she has something to complain of; but if she has any conscience at all, she ought to recognize the lex talionis."

From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)

This appears in its most rudimentary form in the lex talionis.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

According to the very lex talionis, he has had what he deserves.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various

And there is something just in this lex talionis.

From International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 2, July 8, 1850 by Various

Nature of legal, 30; lex talionis, 30; codes of, 30 sq.; changes made by Provisional Criminal Code, 31–32; of the gods, 99 Pygmies.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)