RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the
same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation
should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be
justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and
productions of such country. Vatt. Dr. des Gens, liv. 2, c. 18, Sec. 341.
Vide Lex talionis.