onerosity en · NOUN
Etymology
From onerous + -ity, from Latin onerositas.
Meanings
- (rare, uncountable) Onerousness.
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(qualifier:Scots law, uncountable) The legal state of affairs resulting from being done or given in return for receipt of something of value.
It may be presumed to be a necessary ingredient in onerosity, that the obligation to be fulfilled is a legal one.
1845, John Hill Burton, The Law of Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Mercantile Sequestration, in Scotland, W. Tait, page 145:
Antonyms
non-onerosity (antonym(s) of “Scots law”)