"lex talionis" meaning in English

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        "law of equivalent retaliation."
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          "word": "llei del talió"
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          "sense": "law of equivalent retaliation",
          "word": "lei do talión"
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          "sense": "law of equivalent retaliation",
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      "word": "llei del talió"
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