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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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babycat
11:28
yeah it’s insane how much better hip flexor stretches can make you feel sometimes
11:28
Probably the most important long term mobility thing you can do
1a2b3c4d26z
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Pigeon stretch GOAT
1a2b3c4d26z
11:29
Stretching was probably the biggest factor in becoming elite in my sport tbh
1a2b3c4d26z
11:29
well mobility in general
m10
11:29
Nah you wanna be wound up tight like a clock. All your parts working in synchronization, never missing a second.
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
11:30
When I get home I think I will pull up a youtube yoga video and lay out the mat by the fireplace now, feeling guilty I haven't been stretching properly
1a2b3c4d26z
11:30
tighter you are, more potential energy you have. Your body is a spring. It's just physics
m10
11:30
Exactly.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:30
yoga classes stress me out
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11:31
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m10
11:31
Gotta always be ready to release that energy. Like if I am in a fight at the bar, I just gotta bust out a couple punches. No stretching.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:31
the instructor will be like "forget all of the things that youre stressing about" which reminds me of all of the things im stressing about
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
11:32
I am too competitive to do yoga classes with other people. Try to stretch better or further then hurt myself lmao I am beyond competitive in anything physical.
babycat
11:32
if you guys all pay me to be your lsat tutor I can afford to do Pilates classes
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:32
hot yoga was fun
JumpySubsequentDolphin
11:32
i loved barre and pilates when i did them together
m10
11:33
Here's an article from Testosterone nation for all you men out there on why stretching is bullshit. https://archive.t-nation.com/training/stretching-is-b-s/
snow
11:36
M so close to crashing out
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
11:36
@babycat: If the person I am mentoring decides to listen to my advice instead of just discussing my advice I will pay you to tutor her. You seem like a smart, good and well put together person that she can probably learn well from.
babycat
11:37
Aw that’s so sweet Bulbasaur <3
11:39
@m10: stretching absolutely helps with tight tendons lol
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m10
11:40
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You only do cardio on the weekends ;)
babycat
11:40
@m10: I have a friend that does this but he doesn’t get mad pussy
m10
11:40
I'll work that in! Sounds like a good way to segway.
m10
11:41
@babycat: yeah, well unlike 99.99% of people who do standup I will.
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Woah, I got little balls. Like Adam Friedland. I ain't no Stavros.
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