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rescind the sales because of lesion beyond moiety.230 This means that if such an exoneration was not made, a remedy lies also in the event of sales of immovables. Indeed, the practical minded Gail uncritically accepts what he terms the communis opinio.231
230 Sichardus, Dictata, to C. 4.44.2, no. 5, p. 461: 'unde si hodie rem abs te emo, et curo confirmari per decretum iudicis (ut si Friburgi in omnibus contractibus rerum immobilium) illud decretum iudicis vel confirmatio operatur, ut neutra pars possit amplius remedio nostrae legis uti'.
231 Gail, Observationes, 2.70, p. 426: 'Beneficium l. 2. C. de recind. vend. \[C. 4.44.2\] ex communi Doctorum sententia non solum locum habet in contractu emptionis et venditionis, verum etiam in contractu locationis, aliisque bonae fidei, imo etiam stricti iuris contractibus, Bald. in d. leg. 2, num. 2 \[Baldus, Commentaria, to C. 4.44.2, no. 2, fo. 162v.\] et communiter DD.'; idem, 2. 23, no. 1, p. 317.
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