See Also: petechia(medicine)
Petechia(health)
petechia(dictionary)
Petechia, pl. petechiae(health)

RETALIATION (law) and petechia (iou)


RETALIATION (law)


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 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 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 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. productions of such country. Vatt. Dr. des Gens, liv. 2, c. 18, Sec. 341. Vide Lex talionis. Vide Lex talionis.

petechia (iou)



petechia noun. . L18.
[mod. Latin from Italian petecchie (pl.) skin eruption, from popular Latin dim. of Latin petigo scab, eruption.]
Medicine. A small flat red or purple spot caused by bleeding into the skin, on the surface of an organ, etc. Usu. in pl.
petechial adjective of, pertaining to, or characterized by petechiae E18.
petechiate adjective marked or affected by petechiae L19.