lex talionis

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The lex talionis was the custom of the hour.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne

To this reverse of fortune the ousted ones retort with the brutal lex talionis: an egg for an egg, a cell for a cell.

From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Providence is noted for close observance of the lex talionis" sneered Arthur, "but Dr. Ashton didn't believe in the existence of that functionary, so it really ought to have passed him by.

From The Pagans by Bates, Arlo

"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

There are instances where Talmudic law is tenderer than the Biblical; for example, the lex talionis is softened into an equivalent.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various