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onerous

onerous 1 : excessively burdensome or costly 2 : involving a

onerous contract

onerous contract see contract

onerous title

onerous title see title

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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

promises to do something without receiving anything in return compare onerous contract in this entry guaranteed investment contract : an investment

Onerously

In an onerous manner

Onerous

Burdensome oppressive

Unfair advantage or hardship

of consideration or the mere fact that the contract is onerous to the defendant or improvident in its nature will not

Under-lease

Ry. v. Smith. Mortgages of leaseholds, where the covenants are onerous, are almost invariably made by sub-demise, so as to avoid

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