DEMINUTIO
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
ing away; loss or deprivation.
DEMISE, v. In conveyancing. To convey or create an estate for years or life; to lease. The usual and operative word in leases: “Have granted, demised, and to farm let, and by these presents do grant, demise, and to farm let.” 2 Bl. Comm. 817; 1 Steph.
DEMISE, v. In conveyancing. To convey or create an estate for years or life; to lease. The usual and operative word in leases: “Have granted, demised, and to farm let, and by these presents do grant, demise, and to farm let.” 2 Bl. Comm. 817; 1 Steph.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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