lex talionis
Example Sentences
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A singular example of the lex talionis occurred among the natives at this place.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
"Sár," here the Koranic word for carrying out the venerable and undying lex talionis the original basis of all criminal jurisprudence.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The lex talionis has no place in Christmas giving.
From A Little Book for Christmas by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
If the lex talionis, in the same spirit of impartial jocularity, could be applied as efficaciously to all "practical jokers," civilised Society might soon be rid of one of its most intolerable pests.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 by Various
It was an antiquated system which sought to inflict punishment for every mortal thing—it was the lex talionis of the Old Testament, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
From Growth of the Soil by Hamsun, Knut
