(law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.

(transitive, obsolete, law) To give. / (transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease. / (transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance. / (intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.

plural of demise

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demise

simple past tense and past participle of demise

(of a wall or partition) Serving to separate tenants from one another or from common areas.

present participle of demise

(law) Capable of being leased.

(law) The state of being demisable.

A missed abortion.