BURDEN

burden,n.1. A duty or responsibility <the seller’s burden to insure the shipped goods>.2. Something that hinders or oppresses <a burden on interstate commerce>.3. A restriction on the use or value of land; an encumbrance <the easement created a burden on the estate>.4.Scots law. An encumbrance, restriction, or obligation imposed on a person or on property < the burden of curatorship> <a servitude is a burden on land>. • When the burden is on real property, it is called a real burden. — burden,vb. — burdensome,adj.

undue burden.A substantial and unjust obstacle to the performance of a duty or enjoyment of a right. • For example, excessive discovery requests place an undue burden on the person who must produce the data requested. And a state law requiring a particular kind of mud flap on trucks may place an undue burden on the flow of interstate commerce.[Blacks Law 8th]