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Definition of Demise

1. Noun. The time when something ends. "A dying of old hopes"

Definition of Demise

1. n. 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. v. t. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.

Definition of Demise

1. Noun. (legal) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. ¹

2. Noun. 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. ¹

3. Noun. Death. ¹

4. Noun. end (less common, usually in a negative manner) ¹

5. Verb. (transitive obsolete legal) To give. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive legal) To convey, as by will or lease. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive legal) To transmit by inheritance. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive legal) To pass by inheritance. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) To die. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Demise

1. to bequeath [v -MISED, -MISING, -MISES] - See also: bequeath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demise

Literary usage of Demise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, James Manning (1835)
"DOE These are, the demise to the plaintiff—his entry—and his ouster by the ... The demise would be supported by proof of a lease, corresponding in legal ..."

2. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the Action of Ejectment, and by John Adams, John L. Tillinghast, Thomas W. Clerke, William Hogan (1854)
"the demise was laid anterior to the time of the forfeiture, the Court permitted the lessor to amend, (upon payment of costs,) after the record was made up, ..."

3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(b) By demise of the crown.—A parliament may be dissolved by the demise of ... but now, by virtue of the demise of the Crown Act, 1901, the holding of any ..."

4. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"These questions were raised in the discussions on the demise of the Crown ... The demise of the Crown Act2 briefly enacts that :— (1) The holding of any ..."

5. Roscoe's Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trial of Actions at Nisi Prius by Maurice Powell, Henry Roscoe (1884)
"Action for rent under indenture of demise.] The action maybe in the form of ... In an action of debt for rent, the statement of claim states n demise at j ..."

6. Select Documents of English Constitutional History by George Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens (1906)
"Judicial Commissions not to cease on the demise of the Crown (1760. 1 George III. c. 13. 23 SL 292.) JE it enacted by the king's most excellent Majesty, ..."

7. Opinions of Eminent Lawyers, on Various Points of English Jurisprudence by George Chalmers (1814)
"But knight of the shire shall cease, when the parliament ceases, by demise of the king, or Otherwise, ratio videtur, because the parliament ceases by it, ..."

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