Retaliation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Retaliation
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retaliate
retaliate -at·ed -at·ing : to act in revenge re·tal·i·a·tion [-ta-lē-ā-shən] n re·tal·i·a·tive [-ta-lē-ā-tiv] adj re·tal·ia·to·ry [-tal-yə-tōr-ē] adj
Retaliation
Matched in: Term Retaliation
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Retaliative
Same as Retaliatory
Retaliate
To return the like for to repay or requite by an act of the same kind to return evil for evil Now seldom used except in a bad sense
discharge
he or she reasonably feels compelled to resign retaliatory discharge : a wrongful discharge that is done in retaliation for an employee's conduct (as reporting an employer's criminal activity) and that clearly violates public policy wrongful discharge
Retorsion
Retorsion, means an act of lawful retaliation in kind for another nation's unfriendly or unfair act, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1318. Retorsion, retaliation.
Talion
Talion, law of retaliation. See LEX TALIONIS.
Lex talionis
Lex talionis, the law of retaliation.
Requital
for anything done in a good sense compensation recompense as the requital of services in a bad sense retaliation or punishment as the requital of evil deeds
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