limb for a limb

limb for a limb
A sentence of one convicted of mayhem, on the principle of retaliation, that he should lose the member of his own body corresponding to the member of which he had deprived the victim of the offense. By the ancient law of England a person convicted of mayhem was sentenced to lose that member of his own body corresponding to the member of which he had deprived his victim. This method of punishment became obsolete partly because of its inadequacy and partly because it could not be repeated in the case of a repetition of precisely the same act. See 4 Bl Comm 206.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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