See Also: lex talionis(dictionary)
LEX TALIONIS(law)
lege talionis(dictionary)

lex talionis (iou)



lex talionis noun phr. M17.
[Latin, from lex law + talionis genit. of talio(n-) (see TALION). Cf. earlier LEGE TALIONIS.]
The (supposed) law of retaliation; the retributive theory of punishment, based on the Mosaic principle 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'.