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Webster 1913 Edition
Demise
De-mise′
,Noun.
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.
Bouvier.
☞ The demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown, royal authority, or kingdom, to a successor. Thus, when Edward IV. was driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise. Thus the natural death of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as by that event the crown is transferred to a successor.
Blackstone.
Syn. – Death; decease; departure. See
Death
. De-mise′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Demised
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Demising
.] 1.
To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
“Power to demise my lands.” Swift.
What honor
Canst thou
Canst thou
demise
to any child of mine? Shakespeare
2.
To convey; to give.
[R.]
His soul is at his conception
demised
to him. Hammond.
3.
(Law)
To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
Webster 1828 Edition
Demise
DEMISE
,Noun.
1.
In England, a laying down or removal, applied to the crown or royal authority. The demise of the crown, is a transfer of the crown, royal authority or kingdom to a successor. Thus when Edward fourth was driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise. Hence the natural death of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as by that event, the crown is transferred to a successor. 2.
A conveyance or transfer of an estate, by lease or will.Demise and redemise, a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it.
DEMISE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To transfer or convey; to lease.2.
To bequeath; to grant by will.Definition 2024
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See also: démise
English
Noun
demise (plural demises)
- (law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
- 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.
- Death.
- The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
- The lack of funding ultimately led to the demise of the project.
Related terms
Translations
the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years
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transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor
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death — See also translations at : death
end, downfall, or failure
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Verb
demise (third-person singular simple present demises, present participle demising, simple past and past participle demised)
- (transitive, obsolete, law) To give.
- (transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease.
- (transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance.
- (intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.
- (intransitive) To die.