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Scylla

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters The passage between them was formerly considered perilous hence the saying ldquoBetween Scylla and Charybdisrdquo signifying a great peril on either hand

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