onerosity
English edit
Etymology edit
onerous + -ity, from Latin onerositas.
Noun edit
onerosity (uncountable)
- (rare) Onerousness.
- (Scots 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, page 145:
- It may be presumed to be a necessary ingredient in onerosity, that the obligation to be fulfilled is a legal one.
Synonyms edit
- (onerousness): burdensomeness
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "Scots law"): non-onerosity
References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.