Definitions from Wiktionary (demise)
▸ noun: (law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (countable) Death.
▸ noun: (countable) The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete, law) To give.
▸ verb: (transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease.
▸ verb: (transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance.
▸ verb: (intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To die.
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▸ noun: (law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (countable) Death.
▸ noun: (countable) The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete, law) To give.
▸ verb: (transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease.
▸ verb: (transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance.
▸ verb: (intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To die.
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death,
dying,
term of years,
termer,
inheritance,
life estate pur autre vie,
enfeoffment,
surrender,
estate for life,
life estate,
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