Friday, August 24, 2007

LEX TALIONIS

lex talionis (leks tal-ee-O-nis) noun

The law of retaliation that the punishment should correspond to the crime, as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Also called talion.

[From Latin, lex (law) + talionis (retaliation).]

1 comment:

Svejjen said...

It's called a "whirlwind"... not a "worldwind"