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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Premise \Prem"ise\, noun; pl. {Premises}. [Written also, less properly, {premiss}.] [F. pr['e]misse, fr. L. praemissus, p. p. of praemittere to send before; prae before + mittere to send. See {Mission}.]
1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
The premises observed, Thy will by my performance shall be served. --Shak.
2. (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
Note: ''All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner.'' These propositions, which are the premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion follows, that A B deserves punishment.
While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion. --Dr. H. More.
3. pl. (Law) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
4. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
premises
noun: land and buildings together considered as a place of business; "bread is baked on the premises"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "premises": airspace, area, belt, confines, continental shelf, corridor, country, department, district, division, environs, ground, heartland, hinterland, land, milieu, neighborhood, offshore rights, part, parts, place, precincts, purlieus, quarter, region, salient, section, soil, space, terrain, territory, three-mile limit, twelve-mile limit, vicinage, vicinity, zone
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