Demise

Definition of Demise

De`mise´
n.1.Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
2.The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.
After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in 1737, they [drawing- rooms] were held but twice a week.
- P. Cunningham.
3.(Law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
Demise and redemise
a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it.
v. t.1.To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
[imp. & p. p. Demised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Demising.]
What honor
Canst thou demise to any child of mine?
- Shak.
2.To convey; to give.
His soul is at his conception demised to him.
- Hammond.
3.(Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.

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