demise 音标拼音: [dɪm'ɑɪz]
n . 崩,薨,死亡
vt . 让渡,遗赠,转让
崩,薨,死亡让渡,遗赠,转让
demise n 1 :
the time when something ends ; "
it was the death of all his plans "; "
a dying of old hopes " [
synonym : {
death }, {
dying },
{
demise }] [
ant : {
birth }]
v 1 :
transfer by a lease or by a will Demise \
De *
mise "\,
n . [
F .
d ['
e ]
mettre ,
p .
p .
d ['
e ]
mis ,
d ['
e ]
mise ,
to put away ,
lay down ;
pref .
d ['
e ]- (
L .
de or dis -)
mettre to put ,
place ,
lay ,
fr .
L .
mittere to send .
See {
Mission },
and cf . {
Dismiss }, {
Demit }.]
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 .
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2 .
The decease of a royal or princely person ;
hence ,
also ,
the death of any illustrious person .
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After the demise of the Queen [
of George II .],
in 1737 ,
they [
drawing -
rooms ]
were held but twice a week . --
P .
Cunningham .
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3 . (
Law )
The conveyance or transfer of an estate ,
either in fee for life or for years ,
most commonly the latter .
--
Bouvier .
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Note :
The demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown ,
royal authority ,
or kingdom ,
to a successor .
Thus ,
when Edward IV .
was driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster ,
this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise .
Thus the natural death of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise ,
as by that event the crown is transferred to a successor .
--
Blackstone .
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{
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 }.
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Demise \
De *
mise "\,
v .
t . [
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 . "
Power to demise my lands ." --
Swift .
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What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine ? --
Shak .
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2 .
To convey ;
to give . [
R .]
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His soul is at his conception demised to him .
--
Hammond .
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3 . (
Law )
To convey ,
as an estate ,
by lease ;
to lease .
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100 Moby Thesaurus words for "
demise ":
abalienation ,
alienation ,
amortization ,
amortizement ,
annihilation ,
assignation ,
assignment ,
bane ,
bargain and sale ,
barter ,
bequeathal ,
biological death ,
cash in ,
cessation of life ,
cession ,
clinical death ,
conferment ,
conferral ,
consignation ,
consignment ,
conveyance ,
conveyancing ,
crossing the bar ,
curtains ,
death ,
death knell ,
debt of nature ,
decease ,
deeding ,
deliverance ,
delivery ,
depart ,
departure ,
die ,
disposal ,
disposition ,
dissolution ,
doom ,
drop ,
dying ,
ebb of life ,
end ,
end of life ,
ending ,
enfeoffment ,
eternal rest ,
exchange ,
exit ,
expiration ,
expire ,
extinction ,
extinguishment ,
final summons ,
finger of death ,
giving ,
go ,
going ,
going off ,
grave ,
hand of death ,
jaws of death ,
knell ,
last debt ,
last muster ,
last rest ,
last roundup ,
last sleep ,
lease and release ,
leaving life ,
loss of life ,
making an end ,
parting ,
pass ,
pass away ,
passing ,
passing away ,
passing over ,
perishing ,
quietus ,
release ,
rest ,
reward ,
sale ,
sentence of death ,
settlement ,
settling ,
shades of death ,
shadow of death ,
silence ,
sleep ,
somatic death ,
succumb ,
summons of death ,
surrender ,
trading ,
transfer ,
transference ,
transmission ,
transmittal ,
vesting DEMISE ,
persons .
A term nearly synonymous with death .
It is usually applied in England to the death of the king or queen .
DEMISE ,
contracts .
In its most extended signification ,
it is a conveyance either in fee ,
for life ,
or for years .
In its more technical meaning ,
it is a lease or conveyance for a term of years .
Vide Cow .
L . &
T .
Index ,
h .
t .;
Ad .
Eject .
Index ,
h .
t .;
2 Hill .
Ab .
130 ;
Com .
Dig .
h .
t .,
and the heads there referred to .
According to Chief Justice Gibson ,
the term demise strictly denotes a posthumous grant ,
and no more .
5 1 Whart .
R .
278 .
See 4 Bing .
N .
C .
678 ;
S .
C .
33 Eng .
C .
L .
R .
492 ;
2 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
1774 ,
et seq .
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