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PREMISES
premises
(noun) land and the buildings on it; “bread is baked on the premises”; “the were evicted from the premises”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
premises pl (plural only)
(plural only) land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
(legal, plural only) The subject of a conveyance or deed
Etymology 2
Noun
premises
plural of premise
Anagrams
• emprises, impreses, impresse, mesprise, spiremes
Source: Wiktionary
PREMISE
Prem"ise, n.; pl. Premises (. [Written also, less properly, premiss.] Etym: [F. prémisse, fr. L. praemissus, p. p. of praemittere to send before; prae before + mittere to send. See Mission.]
1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition. The premises observed, Thy will by my performance shall be served. Shak.
2. (Logic)
Definition: Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
Note: "All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner." These propositions, which are the premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A B deserves punishment. While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion. Dr. H. More.
3. pl. (Law)
Definition: Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
4. pl.
Definition: A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
Pre*mise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Premised; p. pr. & vb. n. Premising.] Etym: [From L. praemissus, p. p., or E. premise, n. See Premise, n.]
1. To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously. [Obs.] The premised flames of the last day. Shak. If venesection and a cathartic be premised. E. Darwin.
2. To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings. I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task. Addison.
Pre*mise", v. i.
Definition: To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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