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RETALIATION

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 202 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RETALIATION , repayment of like with like, especially the return of hostile See also:

action, injuries or wrongs by similar action or injury, as in the See also:primitive theory of See also:punishment, an " See also:eye for an eye," " tooth for a tooth." The See also:Late See also:Lat. retaliare was formed from talis, such as, of the same quality as; and this source also gave talio, talionis, the name of this type of punishment. (See PUNISHMENT, THEORY OF, and See also:ROMAN See also:LAW, § The Twelve Tables.) A See also:special See also:form of retaliation is See also:familiar in the See also:imposition of See also:differential import duties against the goods of a particular See also:country (see TARIFFS and See also:PROTECTION).

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