<P> "Only one eye for one eye", also known as "An eye for an eye" (also known as "A tooth for a tooth"), or the law of retaliation, is the principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree, and the person inflicting such punishment should be the injured party . In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives the (estimated) value of the injury in compensation . The intent behind the principle was to restrict compensation to the value of the loss . </P> <P> The principle is sometimes referred using the Latin term lex talionis or the law of talion . The English word talion (from the Latin talio) means a retaliation authorized by law, in which the punishment corresponds in kind and degree to the injury . </P>

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