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Quotation dates: 1456
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Talyoun(e, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. talioun (Lydgate), talion (1563), F. talion, L. tāliōn- (of) such, the like.] The Lex Talionis, the law of compensation exacted in terms of ‘an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth’. — 1456 Hay I 273/14.
He suld have the payne of talyoune, be the law civile. That is for to say, that sik punycioun as the tothir suld have that the crime is put on, sik … sall he have that puttis ony crime till ony persone and may not preve it 1456 Hay I 275/18.
A man that accusis ane othir may cesse quhen him lest fra accusacioun of that crime before … jugement … sa that it be cessit or the accusour be oblist to underly the payne of talyoun
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