Legal Term Dictionary

In some universities and colleges this term is synonymous with "scholars."

In some universities and colleges this term is synonymous with "scholars." Less...

In the civil law. A taking away; loss or deprivation. See CAPITIS DEMINUTIO.

In the civil law. A taking away; loss or deprivation. See CAPITIS DEMINUTIO. Less...

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. Comm. 476; Co. Litt. More...

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. Comm. 476; Co. Litt. 45a. Less...

n. In conveyancing. A conveyance of an estate to another for life, for years, or at will; most commonly for years; a lease. 1 Steph. Comm. 475. Voorhees Church, 5 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 71; Gil more Hamilton, 83 Ind. 196. Originally a posthumous grant; commonly a lease or conveyance More...

n. In conveyancing. A conveyance of an estate to another for life, for years, or at will; most commonly for years; a lease. 1 Steph. Comm. 475. Voorhees Church, 5 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 71; Gil more Hamilton, 83 Ind. 196. Originally a posthumous grant; commonly a lease or conveyance for a term of years; sometimes applied to any conveyance, in fee, for life, or for years. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1289. "Demise" is synonymous with "lease" or "let" except that demise ex vi termini implies a covenant for title, and also a covenant for quiet enjoyment whereas lease or let implies neither of these covenants. Brown. The word is also used as a synonym for "decease" or "death." In England it is especially employed to denote the death of the sovereign. -Demise and redemise. In conveyancing. Mutual leases made from one party to another on each side, of the same land, or something outiof it; as when A. grants a lease to B. at a nominal rent (as of a pepper corn,) and B. redemises- the same property to A. for a shorter time at a real, substantial rent Jacob; Whishaw.-Demise of the crown. The natural dissolution of the king is generally so called; an expression which signifies merely a transfer of property. By demise of the crown we mean only that, in consequence of the disunion of the king's natural body from his body politic, the kingdom is transferred or demised to his successor, and so the royal dignity remains perpetual. 1 Bl. Comm. 249; Plowd. 234.-Several demises. In English practice. In the action of ejectment it was formerly customary, in case there were any doubt as to the legal estate being in the plaintiff, to insert in the declaration several demises from as many different persons; but this was rendered unnecessary by the provisions of the common-law procedure acts.-Single demise. A declaration in ejectment might contain either one demise or several. When it contained only one, it was called a "declaration with a single demise." Less...

Lat. I have demised or leased. Demisi, coneessi, et ad firmam tradidi; have demised, granted, and to farm let Tbe usual operative words in ancient leases, as the corresponding English words are in the mod-era forms. 2 Bl. Comm. 317, 318. Koch v. Hustis, 113 Wis. 599, 87 N. W. More...

Lat. I have demised or leased. Demisi, coneessi, et ad firmam tradidi; have demised, granted, and to farm let Tbe usual operative words in ancient leases, as the corresponding English words are in the mod-era forms. 2 Bl. Comm. 317, 318. Koch v. Hustis, 113 Wis. 599, 87 N. W. 834; Kinney y. Watts, 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 40. Less...

L. Lat. A demise or letting. Chiefly used in the phrase ex demis-sione (on the demise), which formed part of the title of the cause in the old actions of ejectment, where it signified that the nominal plaintiff (a fictitious person) held the estate "on the demise" of, that is, More...

L. Lat. A demise or letting. Chiefly used in the phrase ex demis-sione (on the demise), which formed part of the title of the cause in the old actions of ejectment, where it signified that the nominal plaintiff (a fictitious person) held the estate "on the demise" of, that is, by a lease from, the real plaintiff. Less...

In military law. Tbe dismissal of an army or body of troops from active service.

In military law. Tbe dismissal of an army or body of troops from active service. Less...

That form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens; as distinguished from a monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy. According to the theory of a pure democracy, every citizen should participate directly In the business of governing, and the legislative More...

That form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens; as distinguished from a monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy. According to the theory of a pure democracy, every citizen should participate directly In the business of governing, and the legislative assembly should comprise the whole people. But the ultimate lodgment of the sovereignty being the distinguishing feature, the introduction of the representative system does not remove a government from this type Hojvever, a government of the latter kind is sometimes specifically described as a "representative democracy." Less...

Of or pertaining to democracy, or to the party of the democrats.

Of or pertaining to democracy, or to the party of the democrats. Less...

The disuse of a particular metal for purposes of coinage. The withdrawal of the value of a metal as money.

The disuse of a particular metal for purposes of coinage. The withdrawal of the value of a metal as money. Less...