| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Being fated.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being projected. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being deceased, extinct or defunct. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being limited.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb | 1. Of Demise.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb demise.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (demise) | 1. Transfer by a lease or by a will.[Wordnet]. 2. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.[Websters]. 3. To convey; to give.[Websters]. 4. To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: demising, demised, demises, demiser, demisers, demisingly and demisedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEMISED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: demise
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] S as z.. | 2: [Noun] In England, a laying down or removal, applied to the crown or royal authority. The demise of the crown, is a transfer of the crown, royal authority or kingdom to a successor. Thus when Edward fourth was driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise. Hence 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.. | 3: [Noun] A conveyance or transfer of an estate, by lease or will. Demise and redemise, a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it.. | 4: [Verb] S as z.. | 5: [Verb] To transfer or convey; to lease.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Economics | 1. A lease of property. 2. Death. (Isn't English an interesting language?). (references) | ||
| Law | 1: 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. (references) | 2: DEMISE, persons. A term nearly synonymous with death. It is usually applied in England to the death of the king or queen. (references) | |
| Wikipedic | Demise is an Anglo-French legal term (from the Fr. demettre, Lat. 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". (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. (references) | 2: [Noun] Death. (references) | 3: [Noun] 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. (references) |
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Common Expressions: demise
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| 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. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Demise of the Crown | In relation to the British monarchy, the Demise of the Crown is the legal term for the end of a reign by a king or queen. The term is used in English law to signify the immediate transfer of sovereignty and royal prerogatives to the late king or queen's successor without interregnum. (references) | ||
| Demise of the Ottoman Caliphate | The Ottoman Empire, at its height, covered a significant portion of the Mediterranean World, including portions of three continents. One of the great imperial powers of the world between 1299 and 1922, the Empire dissolved in the wake of World War I. The Demise of the Ottoman Caliphate took place in part because of a slow erosion of power in relation to Europe and political instability that led to the ouster of Sultan -- and Caliph -- Mehmed VI and the creation of the modern Turkish state. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: demise
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Charter party by demise | Law | Contract by which the lessor (shipowner) places a ship in the hands of the lessee (the demise charterer) who assumes possession and control. The consideration paid by the charterer is "hire", which is payable at specified intervals during the term of the charter. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Demise charter | Economics | A lease of a vessel in which all control is relinquished by the owner to the charterer, and the charterer bears all the expenses of operation. Similar to bareboat charter. (references) | |
| Demise charter | Transportation | The transfer of physical possession or use of a ship, without fuel, provisions or crew, for which the charterer is responsible. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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