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Premises definition

(plural only) Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
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(law, plural only) The subject of a conveyance or deed.
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Property and the structures that are on that property.
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(logic) Plural form of premise.
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Preliminary statements in a document upon which later ones are predicated.
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A building, or part of a building, including its grounds. See also premise.
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Premises Sentence Examples

  • The new decoration of the Premises contributed much to the magnificence of the spectacle.

  • It requires the combination of at least two premises to infer a conclusion different from both.

  • A covenant to keep in repair requires the tenant to put the premises in repair if they are out of it, and to maintain them in that condition up to and at the end of the tenancy.

  • I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's premises with clothes on, but was easily quieted by a naked thief.

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