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принцип талиона
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Principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree, and the person inflicting such punishment should be the injured party.

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      1
      In the law this crime is called Non compos mentis lex talionis sic transit gloria mundi.
      The Prince and the Pauper
      2
      The Law also recognized the " lex talionis," by prescribing (Ex.
      Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
      3
      In his wild state he has the " lex talionis."
      The American Missionary — Volume 44, No. 02, February, 1890
      4
      To this reverse of fortune the ousted ones retort with the brutal lex talionis: an egg for an egg, a cell for a cell.
      The Mason-Bees