Demise

n.	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. Demise and redemise a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it.
v. t.	1.	To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. [imp. & p. p. Demised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Demising.] What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine? - Shak.
	2.	To convey; to give. His soul is at his conception demised to him. - Hammond.
	3.	(Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.

Noun

1.

demise - the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" Synonyms: dying, death

DEMISE, contracts. In its most extended signification, it is a conveyance either in fee, for life, or for years. In its more technical meaning, it is a lease or conveyance for a term of years. Vide Cow. L. & T. Index, h.t.; Ad. Eject. Index, h.t.; 2 Hill. Ab. 130; Com. Dig. h.t., and the heads there referred to. According to Chief Justice Gibson, the term demise strictly denotes a posthumous grant, and no more. 5 1 Whart. R. 278. See 4 Bing. N. C. 678; S. C. 33 Eng. C. L. R. 492; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1774, et seq.

DEMISE, persons. A term nearly synonymous with death. It is usually applied in England to the death of the king or queen.

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