[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

demise \demise"\, n. f. d'emettre, p. p. d'emis,
   d'emise, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. the decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also,
      the death of any illustrious person.
      1913 webster

            after the demise of the queen of george ii., in
            1737, they drawing- rooms were held but twice a
            week.                                 --p.
                                                  cunningham.
      1913 webster

   3. law the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in
      fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
      --bouvier.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster

   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.
        1913 webster
see also:
mission dismiss demit demise and redemise death 

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