Noun

(en noun)

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

* (William Shakespeare)

The premises observed, / Thy will by my performance shall be served.

(logic) Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

* Dr. H. More

While the premises stand firm, it is impossible to shake the conclusion.

(usually, in the plural, legal) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, 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.

(usually, in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts (in this sense, used most often in the plural form).

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