demise
death or decease.
termination of existence or operation: the demise of the empire.
Law.
a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate.
a conveyance or transfer of an estate.
Government. transfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign.
Law. to transfer (an estate or the like) for a limited time; lease.
Government. to transfer (sovereignty), as by the death or abdication of the sovereign.
Law. to pass by bequest, inheritance, or succession.
Origin of demise
1Other words from demise
- de·mis·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- de·mis·a·ble, adjective
- non·de·mise, noun
- un·de·mised, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for demise
/ (dɪˈmaɪz) /
failure or termination: the demise of one's hopes
a euphemistic or formal word for death
property law
a transfer of an estate by lease
the passing or transfer of an estate on the death of the owner
the immediate transfer of sovereignty to a successor upon the death, abdication, etc, of a ruler (esp in the phrase demise of the crown)
to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession
(tr) property law to transfer (an estate, etc) for a limited period; lease
(tr) to transfer (sovereignty, a title, etc) by or as if by the death, deposition, etc, of a ruler
Origin of demise
1Derived forms of demise
- demisable, adjective
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