burden

burden: bur·den n

1: something that is a duty, obligation, or responsibility

the prosecution has the burden of proving every element of the offense

the statute imposes undue burden s

burden of pleading the necessary elements

2: burden of proof

the husband had not carried his burden on the insanity issue — Case & Comment

burden: I noun accountability, adversity, affliction, anxiety, assignment, bother, botheration, bounden duty, brunt, call of duty, care, charge, chore, cumbrance, devoir, difficulty, drawback, duty, encumbrance, engagement, errand, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, imposition, job, liability, line of duty, load, mandate, necessity, obligation, onus, oppression, ordeal, pains, requirement, requisite, responsibility, strain, task, tribulation, trouble, undertaking, vexation, weight, work associated concepts: burden of covenant, burden of easement, burden of going forward with evidence, burden of loss, burden of persuasion, burden of proof, burden upon commerce, shifting of burden foreign phrases:
- Non debet alteri per alterum iniqua conditio inferri. — A burdensome condition ought not to be imposed upon one man by the act of another

- Cum par delictum est duorum, semper oneratur petitor et melior habetur possessoris causa. — When there is equal fault on both sides, the burden is always placed on the plaintiff, and the cause of the possessor is preferred

- Actus curiae ne minem gravabit. — An act of the court shall prejudice no one

- Probandi necessitas incumbit illi qui agit — The necessity of proving lies with the person who sues.

- Qui sentit onus sentire debet et commodum. — He who assumes the burden ought to derive the benefit
II index bind (obligate), charge (lien), charge (responsibility), clog, cloud (incumbrance), commitment (responsibility), compel, constrain (compel), disadvantage (noun), disadvantage (verb), duty (obligation), duty (tax), embarrass, encumber (financially obligate), encumber (hinder), encumbrance, grievance, hamper, handicap, harass, impede, impediment, impose (enforce), inflict, interfere, liability, load, mistreat, nuisance, obligation (duty), overcome (overwhelm), overload, parasite, part (role), pressure, responsibility (accountability), servitude, stress (strain), tax (overwork), trouble, weigh

burden: n.

(1) A duty; something oppressive.

(2) A restriction on the use of land.

burden: A duty or obligation, or anything that restricts an activity or use. This can be intangible — for example, a burden on land such as a zoning restriction or the right of a neighbor to pass over the property to reach his home (easement).

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burden: n.

1 A duty, obligation, or responsibility.

2 Something that causes anxiety or is grievous or oppressive.

3 In property law, anything that encumbers or restrict the use or value of land, such as an easement, restrictive covenant, or zoning ordinance. The burden indefinitely binds the current and all future owners until it is extinguished, so it is the land, and the landowner, that is burdened by the encumbrance or restriction.

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burden: n.

anything that results in a restrictive load upon something. This is not meant in a tangible sense, but includes a "burden" on interstate commerce (which is any matter which limits, restricts or is onerous such as a license or fee for passage), and "burdens" on land such as zoning restrictions or the right of a neighbor to pass over the property to reach his home (easement).

Synonyms:

Load, weight / Cargo, freight, lading / Capacity, carrying capacity, tonnage / Encumbrance, clog, impediment, incubus, grievance, trial, trouble, sorrow, affliction, drag weight, dead weight / Chorus, refrain / Main topic, drift, tenor, point, substance, reiterated doctrine, Load, overload, overlay, oppress, surcharge, put a burden upon, grieve, try, afflict

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burden — bur‧den [ˈbɜːdn ǁ ˈbɜːrdn] noun [countable] 1. something that causes people a lot of difficulty or worry: • In less prosperous areas the taxes were, for many, such a burden that they lived in poverty. 2. particular costs such as taxes or interest … Financial and business terms
Burden — Bur den (b[^u] d n), n. [Written also burthen.] [OE. burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byr[eth]en; akin to Icel. byr[eth]i, Dan. byrde, Sw. b[ o]rda, G. b[ u]rde, OHG. burdi, Goth. ba[ u]r[thorn]ei, fr. the root of E. bear, AS. beran, Goth.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Burden — ist der Name mehrerer Personen: Chris Burden (* 1946), US amerikanischer Künstler Hugh Burden (1913–1985), britischer Schauspieler und Dramatiker Jane Burden (1839–1914), Modell und Muse der Präraffaeliten Burden ist außerdem der Name mehrerer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
burden — n *load, cargo, freight, lading burden vb Burden, encumber, cumber, weigh, weight, load, lade, tax, charge, saddle are comparable when they mean to lay a heavy load upon or to lie like a heavy load upon a person or thing. Burden implies the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Burden — Bur den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burdened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burdening}.] 1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load. [1913 Webster] I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened. 2 Cor. viii. 13.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
burden — burden1 [bʉrd′ n] n. [ME birthen < OE byrthen, akin to ON byrthr, a load: for IE base see BEAR1] 1. anything that is carried; load 2. anything one has to bear or put up with; heavy load, as of work, duty, responsibility, or sorrow 3. the… … English World dictionary
Burden — Bur den (b[^u]r d n), n. [OE. burdoun the bass in music, F. bourdon; cf. LL. burdo drone, a long organ pipe, a staff, a mule. Prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Bourdon}.] 1. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Burden, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 564 Housing Units (2000): 236 Land area (2000): 0.526134 sq. miles (1.362682 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.009121 sq. miles (0.023623 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.535255 sq. miles (1.386305 sq. km) FIPS code … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
burden — ► NOUN 1) a heavy load. 2) a cause of hardship, worry, or grief. 3) the main responsibility for a task. 4) the main theme of a speech, book, or argument. 5) a ship s carrying capacity. ► VERB 1) load heavily … English terms dictionary

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