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Demise logo #10101) Bereavement 2) Death 3) End 4) Fall 5) Loss 6) Ruin 7) Transfer 8) Undoing
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Demise

Demise logo #10101) Bitter end 2) Cessation of activity 3) Death 4) Downfall 5) Dying 6) End in servitude, miserably 7) End of being 8) End of existence 9) End that may be untimely 10) Ending 11) Estate transfer 12) Expiration 13) Extinction 14) French word used in English 15) It may be untimely 16) Last exit 17) Legal terminology
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Demise

Demise logo #21000 Demise, in its original meaning, is an Anglo-Norman 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`.{sfn|Chisholm|1911} The phrase `demise of the Crown` is used in English law to signify...
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Demise logo #21002• (v. t.) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease. • (n.) 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. • (n.) The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person. &bul...
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Demise logo #212131) v. Term used to when a real property is leased or transferred for years or life, but not beyond. 2) n. The deed of a real property that only conveys it for years or life. 3) n. death 4). Failure.
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Demise logo #20972De·mise' noun [ French démettre , past participle démis , démise , to put away, lay down; prefix dé- (L. de or dis- ) + mettre to put, place, lay, from Latin mittere to send. See Mission , and confer Dismiss , Demit...
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Demise logo #20972De·mise' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Demised ; present participle & verbal noun Demising .] 1. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. 'Power to demise
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Demise

Demise logo #21212In 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. According to Chief Justice Gibson, the term demise strictly denotes a posthumous grant, and no more.
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Demise logo #22642Transfer of real estate by a lease or will. Traditionally, the transfer was limited to a term of years but the expression has come to refer to outright gifts as well.
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demise logo #21009demise 1. Death; the end of existence or activity; termination: 'The demise of the streetcar.' 2. In law, the transfer of an estate by lease or will. 3. The transfer of a ruler's authority by death or abdication. The demise of 'dear' Here is a change in common usage that offers a linguistic clue to a cultural change which has resulted from elec...
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demise

demise logo #23665 the time when something ends
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demise logo #23665 the time when something ends
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demise logo #23665[Message vocabulary] the time when something ends
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