lex talionis

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One is immediately struck, for example, by the similarity in the application of the lex talionis: Ham.

From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Eiselen, Frederick Carl

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

Character of early, 30; lex talionis, 30; legal codes, 30–31 Legend-s.

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

It is my own dear daughter, the wife of Paul Wesselenyi, who, driven from her fatherland, on her knees implored me, as I loved her, to let the lex talionis assert its rights.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r

In fact, it seems that a savage lex talionis is wholly satisfying to the feudists on both sides.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert