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Demise

Demise Meaning & Definition
Demise Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Demise?

[n] the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Demise: death | dying

Related Terms | Find terms related to Demise: abalienation | alienation | amortization | amortizement | annihilation | assignation | assignment | bane | bargain and sale | barter | bequeathal | biological death | cash in | cessation of life | cession | clinical death | conferment | conferral | consignation | consignment | conveyance | conveyancing | crossing the bar | curtains | death | death knell | debt of nature | decease | deeding | deliverance | delivery | depart | departure | die | disposal | disposition | dissolution | doom | drop | dying | ebb of life | end | end of life | ending | enfeoffment | eternal rest | exchange | exit | expiration | expire | extinction | extinguishment | final summons | finger of death | giving | go | going | going off | grave | hand of death | jaws of death | knell | last debt | last muster | last rest | last roundup | last sleep | lease and release | leaving life | loss of life | making an end | parting | pass | pass away | passing | passing away | passing over | perishing | quietus | release | rest | reward | sale | sentence of death | settlement | settling | shades of death | shadow of death | silence | sleep | somatic death | succumb | summons of death | surrender | trading | transfer | transference | transmission | transmittal | vesting

See Also | end | ending | grave | life | lifespan | lifetime

Demise In Webster's Dictionary

\De*mise"\, n. [F. d['e]mettre, p. p. d['e]mis, d['e]mise, to put away, lay down; pref. d['e]- (L. de or dis-) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr. L. mittere to send. See {Mission}, and cf. {Dismiss}, {Demit}.] 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. Note: 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. {Demise and redemise}, a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it. Syn: Death; decease; departure. See {Death}.
\De*mise"\, v. 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 demise to any child of mine? --Shak. 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.

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