onerosity

English

Noun

onerosity (uncountable)

1. (rare) Onerousness.
2. (Scotland, law) The legal state of affairs resulting from being done or given in return for receipt of something of value.
   • 1845, John Hill Burton, The Law of Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Mercantile Sequestration, in Scotland, W. Tait, p. 145:

     It may be presumed to be a necessary ingredient in onerosity, that the obligation to be fulfilled is a legal one.

Synonyms

• (onerousness): burdensomeness

Antonyms

• (Scottish legal): non-onerosity

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.