onerosity

English

Etymology

From onerous +‎ -ity, from Latin onerositas.

Noun

onerosity (uncountable)

1. (rare) Onerousness.
2. (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

• (onerousness): burdensomeness

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “Scots law”): non-onerosity

References

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