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Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.

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.

A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.

To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.

To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.

To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.

To state in advance, as an explanation.

To make an explanation beforehand.

That which is premised: a proposition antecedently supposed or proved for after-reasoning: (logic) one of the two propositions in a syllogism from which the conclusion is drawn: the thing set forth in the beginning of a deed:-pl. a building and its adjuncts.

To send or state before the rest: to make an introduction: to lay down propositions for subsequent reasonings.

A proposition laid down or proven, as a basis for argument.

To state, or lay down, first.

To state in advance.

n. A proposition antecedently sup-posed or proved ;-each of the first two propositions of a syllogism from which the inference or conclusion is drawn ;-in law, that part in a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed ;-the subject matter of a deed ; lands or houses conveyed by deed ; hence, a building and its adjuncts.