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Meaning of premises

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

premises

Pronunciation:/ˈpɹɛməsiːz/

noun

Definitions

  1. Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.

  2. The subject of a conveyance or deed

premises

Pronunciation:/ˈpɹɛməsiːz/

noun

Definitions

  1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

  2. Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

  3. (usually in the plural) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, 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. (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.

    Example: trespass on another’s premises