reprisal

reprisal
re·pri·sal /ri-'prī-zəl/ n [Anglo-French reprisaile reprisaille, from Middle French, from Old Italian ripresaglia, from ripreso, past participle of riprendere to take back, from ri- back + prendere to take, from Latin prehendere]
1 a: the act or practice in international law of resorting to force short of war in retaliation for damage or loss suffered
b: an instance of such action
2: a retaliatory act
may not fire a complaining employee in reprisal

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

reprisal
I noun avengement, counterattack, counterblast, counterplot, counterstroke, desert, disciplinary action, discipline, due, due punishment, getting even, measure for measure, nemesis, penalty, punishment, punition, punitive action, reaction, reciprocation, repayment, requital, retaliation, retribution, retributive justice, return, revenge, revengefulness, talion, vendetta, vengeance, vengefulness, vindictiveness II index conviction (finding of guilt), counterattack, exchange, penalty, reaction (opposition), requital, retribution, revenge, vengeance

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


reprisal
n.
Retaliation; an act done out of spite or to retaliate for some real or imagined wrong; seizure of people or goods belonging to a foreign nation done as retaliation for some wrong.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


reprisal
The act of punishing another for some injury the latter caused. In terms of international law, a reprisal is the forcible taking, in time of peace, by the government of one country of the property or territory belonging to another country or belonging to the citizens of the other country, as redress intended to satisfy a claim.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


reprisal
The act of punishing another for some injury the latter caused. In terms of international law, a reprisal is the forcible taking, in time of peace, by the government of one country of the property or territory belonging to another country or belonging to the citizens of the other country, as redress intended to satisfy a claim.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • reprisal — ► NOUN 1) an act of retaliation. 2) historical the forcible seizure of a foreign subject or their goods as an act of retaliation. ORIGIN Old French reprisaille, from Latin reprehendere seize, check, rebuke …   English terms dictionary

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