| 单词 | talion law |
| 释义 | > as lemmastalion law = retaliation n.; esp. in the Mosaic, Roman, and other systems of Law, the Lex talionis, or †talion law, the principle of exacting compensation, ‘eye for eye, tooth for tooth’; also, the infliction of the same penalty on the accuser who failed to prove his case as would have fallen upon the accused if found guilty. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution yieldinga1340 talion1412 retributiona1425 recompensec1425 recompensationa1513 requitement1548 retaliation1581 lex talionis1597 requital1597 retaling1597 taliationa1601 law of retalion1607 talio1611 retail1615 retorsion1637 repercussion1641 retributing1645 reddition1656 retortion1762 poetical justice1796 utu1828 retort1836 quits1865 poetic justice1991 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 3066 Vp-on Grekis for her offencioun, To parforme vp þe peyne of talioun. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 257 He suld haue the payne of talyoune.., yat sik punycioun as the tothir suld haue [had], yat the crime is put on, sik punycioun sall he haue. 1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. 33 b According to the equitie of the Talion law. 1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 174 It is just Talion to deliver such up to Satan that have already given themselves unto him. 1738 I. Watts Holiness of Times 77 The Talion Law of punishment for injuries received amongst the Jews. 1879 Rollin-Tilton tr. Amicis' Morocco (1882) 294 She..demanded that in virtue of the law of talion, he should order the English merchant's two front teeth to be broken. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 264 By the Twelve Tables the penalties of [personal] injury were,—for destruction of any of the members, talion. < as lemmas |
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