Onerous title

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

That by which we acquire anything, paying its value in money, or in any other thing, or in services, or by means of certain charges and conditions to which we are subjected. See 96 Am. St. Rep. 910, note.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Under the Spanish and Mexican law that which was created by a valuable consideration, as the payment of money, the rendition of services, and the like, or by the performance of conditions or payment of charges to which the property was subject. See Scott v. Ward, 13 Cal. 458.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

Defined under Title in Black's Law Dictionary.