Retribution - Law Dictionary Search Results
Punish
crime or fault either with or without a view to the offenders amendment to cause to suffer in retribution to chasten as to punish traitors with death a father punishes his child for willful disobedience
Retaliation
The act of retaliating or of returning like for like retribution now specifically the return of evil for evil eg an eye for an eye a tooth for a
Retributer
One who makes retribution
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Righteous
just equitable especially free from wrong guilt or sin holy as a righteous man or act a righteous retribution
Punish
Punish, means, 'inflict a penalty on as retribution for an offence, inflict a penalty on some one for (an offence)' (Concise Oxford English Dictionary).
Right of private defence
SCR 423. (Penal Code, 1960, 97) The right of private defence is a right of defence, not a retribution. It is available in face of imminent peril to those who act in good faith and in no
comeuppance
An unpleasant experience a person endures which is viewed by others as a just retribution for bad behavior just deserts as the Senator took bribes for years and finally got his comeuppance when
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