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lex talionis

/leks -tal-ee-oh-nis/US // ˈlɛks ˌtæl iˈoʊ nɪs //

赎罪法,刑罚法,赎罪法则,利刃法

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the principle or law of retaliation that a punishment inflicted should correspond in degree and kind to the offense of the wrongdoer, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; retributive justice.

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Examples

  • The co-owner of Metropolis Collectables, Vincent has Wolverine mutton chops, a Tony Stark goatee, and Lex Luthor swagger.

  • Instead, it seems to be packed with incompetents who make the Watergate burglars look like Lex Luthor.

  • Lex Fajardo, creator of the graphic novel series Kid Beowulf, really likes Loki, too.

  • Bryan Cranston has reportedly been cast as Lex Luthor in a Man of Steel sequel.

  • Thankfully, neither iteration relies on lazy storylines involving kryptonite or Lex Luthor (at least not yet).

  • Lex non est decretum mere disciplinare: e natura ipsa contractus matrimonialis desumitur.

  • Estne una lex pro ista a natura castrata et alia pro muliere a chirurgo castrata et tertia pro vetula senectute castrata?

  • It is clear from the above that if Mendelssohn failed to give Chopin his due, Chopin did more than apply the jus talionis.

  • Isaac showed off, all right, with his 'Bipets are sings vis two lex!'

  • The common law is the law of England, the unwritten law of England, the lex non scripta.