lie upon
verb1
Archaic 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.
2
To lie on.
- She was lying upon the bed.
3
Obsolete 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.