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2. Verb. (third-person singular of demise) ¹

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Definition of Demises

1. demise [v] - See also: demise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demises

Literary usage of Demises

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: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"The plaintiff in ejectment, under the several demises of two, muy, after notice to quit, recover the possession of premises held bv the defendant as tenant ..."

2. The Law of Contracts: In a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Law Institute by John William Smith, Jelinger Cookson Symons (1847)
"And this is law; for the case is clearly distinguishable from demises of land ... It is otherwise with respect to demises of land. In demises, that case the ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas and by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Henry Blackstone, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1827)
"... on the several demises of BURTON, ... N this ejectment which was on two demises, one of lands, &c. % a mar- in the parishes of ..."

4. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"The first, second, and third Sections, relating to parol demises, Assignments, and Surrenders. INTRODUCTION.—This statute, the wise provisions of which have ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Pleading and on the Parties to Actions and the Forms by Joseph Chitty (1809)
"... hoe-ever numerous the demises the notes to the precedent, ante, . ... he. demises are laid at different limes, (y) Some day immediately after with .in ..."

6. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"So, if he demises, ... demises a house, and the use of a pump ; covenant does not lie, if the lessee cannot use it. ..."

7. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1902)
"DOE ON THE SEVERAL demises OF THOMAS TRESIDDER v WILLIAM ... Verdict for plaintiff on two demises (to which the objection applied), with leave to defendant ..."

8. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... however, of parol demises, such evidence has been received; * but whether the distinction hitherto drawn between a letting by deed, and a letting by ..."

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