That came with onerous obligations attached.

She had been concerned that in saving my life, she had placed me under onerous obligation.

This is an onerous obligation on the company and is usually resisted by management's lawyers, with a varying amount of success.

The decrepit social order offered so little to its subjects that many saw the barbarian invasion as liberation from onerous obligations to the ruling class.

As noted above, clauses such as these will often be coupled with a clause expressly undertaking other, generally less onerous, obligations.

Moreover, he said, it is possible that a private mortgage might impose more onerous obligations on the borrower than a bank mortgage would.

The contras, on the other hand, ever mindful of their onerous obligations at present and in the future, recommended banning further admission to the community.

The Directive provided a framework of minimum provisions applicable throughout the European Union but did not seek to impose onerous obligations on national trade mark registries.

In addition, the phrase "pound of flesh" has also entered the lexicon as slang for a particularly onerous or unpleasant obligation.

Approving an investment advertisement is an onerous obligation, requiring the approver: