Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Dimidium

n. [Latin "half"] Hist. 1. Half; a half - as in dimidium unius libratae ("half a pound") 2. An undivided half of something.

laesio ultra dimidium vel enormis

n. [Latin] Roman law. 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, such as a purchaser who pays less than half of the value of the property sold, or a seller who receives more than double the property's value. See adhesion 'contract under CONTRACT.