Onerous title

In the civil law, title to property acquired by the giving of a valuable consideration for it, such as the payment of money, the rendition of services, the performance of conditions, the assumption of obligations, or the discharge of liens on the property; opposed to "lucrative" title, or one acquired by gift or otherwise without the giving of an equivalent See Scott v. Ward, 13 Cal. 471; Kircher v. Murray (C. Ct) 54 Fed. 624; Yates v. Houston.

3 Tex. 453; Rev. Civ. Code La. 1900, art. 3556, subd. 22.