ONEROUS

A contract, lease, share, or other right is said to be "onerous" when the obligations attaching to It counter-balance or exceed the advantage to be derived from it, either absolutely or with reference to the particular po e or. Sweet. As used In the civil law and in the systems derived from it, {French, Scotch, -Spanish, Mexican,) the term also means based upon, supported by, <0r relating to a good and "111· [s. 859]