premises
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/ˈpɹɛməsiːz/
English
Definitions
noun
- Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
- The subject of a conveyance or deed
noun
- A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- (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.
- (usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.“trespass on another’s premises”
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assumptionprefacepremissintroducerentrentspropertyworkplaceestablishmentinstitutiongrassrootslocalizeddepartmentcompoundlocalhalls