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1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. iv. 282 They died by the same means by which they caused the poore Israelitish infants to dye; that law of retaliation which God will not allow to vs, because we are fellow creatures, hee iustly practiseth in vs.

1671 L. Addison W. Barbary xi. 174 In bodily injuries they observe the law of Retaliation, as an Eye for an Eye, a tooth for a tooth, &c. but it is in the power of the maimed party to Receive a pecuniary reparation, or without any satisfaction to remit the wrong.

1701 M. D'Assigny Hist. Earls & Earldom Flanders 48 All Murders and Woundings be punish'd by the Law of Retaliation, that is to say, by a like Punishment, and in the same manner as the Crime.

1832 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 2 199 The law of retaliation is firmly established among the native Brazilians; and, as elsewhere, is a constant source of private feuds and public warfare.

1946 Times 22 Oct. 5/4 Not only is there no place in civilised society for the law of retaliation: it was specifically repudiated by the Founder of Christianity.

1994 18th-cent. Stud. 27 683 The general law of retaliation prevailed among the Israelites in the pre-Mosaic patriarchal era.