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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.
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The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.
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The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
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To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
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To convey; to give.
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To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
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To die; death; to convey an estate to another by will or lease; to transfer by descent or bequest.
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A lease or conveyance for life or years. Loosely used to describe any conveyance, whether in fee, for life, or for years.
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To transfer or convey an estate for a term of years.
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a lease, transferring from a lessor to a lessee a leasehold estate for a term of years, for life, or "at the will" of the landlord.
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In a strict legal sense this means the same as "lease", or the right to exclusive possession for a specific term. In practice often used to simply identify the demised premises, the subject to the lease.
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A death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate [obsolete].
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A conveyance of an estate to another for life, for years, or at will; lease.
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Transfer to another person of an estate for years, for life, or at will.
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A lease of property; a demise charter is a bareboat charter.
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A transfer of an estate or interest in real property to another for years, for life or at will.
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A conveyance of an interest in property for a set period of time (such as in a lease).
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The conveyance of an estate; transfer of the sovereignty to a successor; a cessation of existence or activity; death
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1. A lease of property. 2. Death. (Isn't English an interesting language?)
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To convey by will or lease an estate either ‘in Fee’ i.e. hereditarily, or for a term. 522. 638.
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Property transfer by lease. A property transfer by means of a least.
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Transfer of an estate by bequest or contract for a stated time period or life. Alternately, the making of a charter or lease for a specified time period.
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Demise is an Anglo-French legal term (from French démettre, from Latin dimittere, to send away) for a transfer of an estate, especially by lease. The word has an operative effect in a lease implying a covenant "for quiet enjoyment".
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