laesio enormis
noun
lae·sio enor·mis
ˈlēshēˌōə̇ˈnȯrmə̇s
variants or laesio ultra dimidium or laesio ultra duplum
-də̇ˈmidēəm
-ˈd(y)üpləm
Roman & civil law
: the injury that is suffered by a vendor who has sold something for less than half its value or in some civil-law systems by a purchaser who has bought something at more than double its price and that in most cases gives the right of rescinding the sale
Word History
Etymology
laesio enormis, Late Latin, literally, enormous injury; laesio ultra dimidium, Latin, injury over half; laesio ultra duplum, Latin, injury over double