onerosity

English

Etymology

onerous +‎ -ity, from Latin onerositas.

Noun

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

(onerousness): burdensomeness

Antonyms

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

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.

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