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Meaning of Lex talionis
(Lat.) The law of retaliation, an example of which is given in the law of Moses, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, etc. Amicable retaliation includes those acts of retaliation which correspond to the acts of the other nation under similar circumstances. Jurists and writers on international law are divided as to the right of one nation punishing with death, by way of retaliation. the citizens or subjects of another nation. In the United States, no example of such barbarity has ever been witnessed; but prisoners have been kept in close confinement in retaliation for the same conduct towards American prisoners. See Rutherford, Inst. bk. 2, c. 9; Mart. Law Nat. bk. 8, c. 1, § 3, note; 1 Kent, Comm. 93; Wheaton, Int. Law, pt. 4, c. 1, § 1. Vindictive retaliation includes those acts which amount to a war. Lex TERRAE (Lat.) The law of the land. See “Due Process of Law.”
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Lex talionis in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
The law of retaliation.
Note: This legal definition of Lex talionis in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Lex Talionis
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1590s, legal Latin, “law of retaliation,” an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, from lex “law” (see legal) + talionis, genitive of talio “exaction of payment in kind” (see retaliation). Not related to talon. Other legal Latin phrases include lex domicilii “the law of the place where the person resides,” lex fori “law of the place in which an action is brought.”
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