Definition of Onerously

1. Adverb. In an onerous manner.

Partainyms: Onerous

Definition of Onerously

1. adv. In an onerous manner.

Definition of Onerously

1. Adverb. In an onerous manner. ¹

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Definition of Onerously

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Onerously

oneish
oneitis
oneliness
oneling
onely
onement
oneness
onenesses
oner
onerary
oneration
onerier
oneriest
onerosity
onerous
onerously (current term)
onerousness
onerousnesses
oners
onery
ones
ones' complement
ones' complements
onescore
oneself
onesey-twosey
onesided
onesidedness
onesie
onesie-twosie

Literary usage of Onerously

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1856)
"... and onerously acquir- iJ. might to be strictly interpreted. In the first place, that, in point of fact, the document sued on was granted in a mercantile ..."

2. Cases Decided in the Court of Session by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw, Scotland, Court of Session (1832)
"... with such conditions that the heirs shall not dispose of the same, nor alter the succession thereof, either gratuitously or onerously ;" and that, ..."

3. Leading Cases in the Commercial Law of England and Scotland: Selected and by George Ross (1854)
"... witnesses are admitted to disprove that it is in his person onerously or for his own behoof. But I cannot apply that rule of law to the present case. ..."

4. Leading Cases in the Commercial Law of England and Scotland by George Ross (1855)
"... has been onerously acquired. Now, a mandate of that kind is, by our law, no longer at the discretion of the original mandant, and is irrevocable. ..."

5. Styles of Deeds and Instruments: In Accordance with the Titles to Land by John Hendry (1862)
"... and to C, their son, in fee, with power to A to dispone either onerously or gratuitously :— Under this destination, ..."

6. Leading Cases in the Law of Scotland: Prepared from the Original Pleadings by George Ross (1849)
"... founding on that very fact of mere trust as his title, can claim the property, to the exclusion of a party who transacted onerously with the truster, ..."

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