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lesio enormis

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A quick definition of lesio enormis:

Lesio enormis is a legal term from Roman and civil law that refers to the sale of something for less than half its real value. If this happens, the seller can cancel the sale, but the buyer can keep the item by paying the full value. This rule usually applies to land sales. It can also refer to a situation where one party in a contract receives twice the value of the other party's money or property. In this case, the injured party can seek compensation. Lesio enormis is a way to ensure that contracts are fair and not exploitative.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Lesio enormis is a legal term that refers to an excessive loss or abnormal loss of more than half. It was used in Roman and civil law to describe two situations:

  1. The sale of a thing for which the buyer paid less than half its real value. In this case, the seller could rescind the sale, but the buyer could keep the item purchased by paying the full value. This doctrine was usually applied to land sales.
  2. The injury sustained by one party to an onerous contract when the overreaching party receives twice the value of that party's money or property. For example, if a purchaser pays less than half the value of the property sold, or a seller receives more than double the property's value, laesio enormis may exist. If co-owner co-heirs partition or sell property, laesio enormis may exist when the purchaser pays less than one-fourth of the value rather than one-half.

For instance, if a person buys a house for $50,000, but its real value is $100,000, the seller can rescind the sale, and the buyer can keep the house by paying the full value of $100,000. Similarly, if a seller sells a property for $200,000, but its real value is $100,000, the purchaser may have suffered laesio enormis, and the seller may have to rescind the sale or pay the difference.

Lesio enormis was a rule established very late, and it became the means of testing the validity of contracts generally by their fairness. It is a principle embodied in the German Civil Code and the Swiss Code of Obligations. In modern courts, it invests judges with discretion not very likely to be abused, but sufficient to act as a deterrent to the grosser forms of economic exploitation.

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the whole definition debate is so wild its the same as labels like. as long as its not hurting anyone let ppl do what they want
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Ok another hot topic, Global Warming is it real? I think it is and a very important issue
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aint no way we're debating global warming here
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did yall like my pun?
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Uhhhm, acktually, i was cold yesterday. take that, silly scientists!!
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@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: ah ok lol i see. i figured but also i like to give my answer anyway because they're not going to like it whether i say a definition or i don't. might as well share anyway. if i don't share then it seems like i'm not proud and strong in my beliefs
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Hot Topic, Global Warming
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global warming is fake, it was a hoax started by big justice to trick aj and mother of big justice to bring him to costco for more chicken bake
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i had to wear a jacket yesterday... where is this global warming that the liberals speak of. i would certainly like some
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