Demise — Defs

01 n. Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or ro…

1.
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
2.
The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.
“After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in 1737, they [drawing- rooms] were held but twice a week.” — P. Cunningham.
3.
The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.(Law)

Phrases & compounds

Demise and redemise — a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it.

Syn. Death; decease; departure. See Death.

02 v. t. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.

imp. & p. p. Demised; p. pr. & vb. n. Demising

1.
To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
“What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine?” — Shak.
2.
To convey; to give.[R.]
“His soul is at his conception demised to him.” — Hammond.
3.
To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.(Law)