Legal Definition and Related Resources of Retorsion
Meaning of Retorsion
The name of the act employed by a government to impose the same hard treatment on the citizens or subjects of a state that the latter has used towards the citizens or subjects of the former, for the purpose of obtaining the removal of obnoxious measures. Vattel, liv. 2, c. 18, § 341; De Martens, Precis, liv. 8, c. 2, § 254; Kluber, Dr. des Gens, sec. 2, c. 1, § 234; Manning, Comm. 105.
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Retorsion in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of retorsion.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police
- Law Enforcement Agency
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- retorsion in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- retorsion in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
A legal but unfriendly act, such as withdrawing an ambassador, to protest a wrongful act by another state.
A legal but unfriendly act, such as withdrawing an ambassador, to protest a wrongful act by another state.
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