cum onere
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 357 U.S. 51 - United States v. Bess · 1958Most cited · 1,551 citing opinions
It is of the very nature and essence of a lien, that no matter into whose hands the property goes, it passes cum onere.
How often courts cite the cases defining “cum onere”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “cum onere” — 1,561 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1861–1958
- ORIGINAL
The legatees are not bound to accept the bequest, but, if accepted, it must be subject to the disabilities annexed; it must be taken cum onere, or not at all.