lex talionis
赎罪法,刑罚法,赎罪法则,利刃法
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- : 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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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.