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Talio

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Civil Law) A punishment in kind, on the principle, “An eye for an eye,” etc.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat.

In the civil law. Like for like; punishment in the same kind; the punishment of an injury by an act of the same kind, as an eye for an eye, a limb for a limb, etc. Calvin.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I.

In the civil law. Like for like; punishment in the same kind; the punishment of an injury by an act of the same kind, as an eye for an eye.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Punishment of the same nature as the offence; retaliation by authority of law. See Lex Talionis.