Onerous - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: onerousonerous
onerous 1 : excessively burdensome or costly 2 : involving a return benefit, compensation, or consideration [an donation] used chiefly in the civil law of Louisiana see also onerous contract at contract compare gratuitous ...
onerous contract
onerous contract see contract ...
onerous title
onerous title see title ...
Onerously
In an onerous manner...
Onerous cause
Onerous cause, a good and legal consideration, Scots term....
Transit terra cum onere
Transit terra cum onere (Co. Litt. 231a), land passes with its burthen....
contract
contract [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com- with, together + trahere to draw] 1 : an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty ;also : a document embodying such an agreement see also accept, bargain, breach, cause, consent, consideration, duty, meeting of the minds, obligation, offer, performance, promise, rescind, social contract, subcontract Uniform Commercial Code in the Important Laws section NOTE: Contracts must be made by parties with the necessary capacity (as age or mental soundness) and must have a lawful, not criminal, object. Except in Louisiana, a valid contract also requires consideration, mutuality of obligations, and a meeting of the minds. In Louisiana, a valid contract requires the consent of the parties and a cause for the contract in addition to c...
exonerate
exonerate -at·ed -at·ing [Latin exonerare to relieve, free, discharge, from ex- out + onerare to burden, from oner- onus load] 1 : to relieve esp. of a charge, obligation, or hardship 2 : to clear from accusation or blame compare acquit, exculpate ...
freedom
freedom 1 : the quality or state of being free: as a : the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action b : liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another c : the quality or state of being exempt or released from something onerous 2 a : a political or civil right b : franchise ...
gratuitous
gratuitous : not involving a return benefit, compensation, or consideration compare onerous gra·tu·i·tous·ly adv ...
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