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Lex talionis

LC control no.sh 85076352
Topical headingLex talionis
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Variant(s)Retaliation (Law)
Retribution (Law)
Retributive justice
Talion (Law)
See alsoRevenge
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Vendetta
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Found inRetaliation and whistleblowers, c2009.
Web. 3 (lex talionis: the law of retribution equivalent to an offense, esp.: the principle of retributive justice based on the Mosaic law of "eye for eye, tooth for tooth" in Exod 21:23-25; also called talion)