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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