lie upon

Verb

 * 1)  To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon.
 * It lies upon the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty.
 * 1) To lie on.
 * She was lying upon the bed.
 * 1)  To importune; to urge; to solicit.
 * The judge in the parable granted the widow's suit merely because she lay upon him, and was troublesome to him.