DEMISE  , an Anglo-See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French legal See also:

• TERM

term (from the Fr. demettre, See also:

• LAT

Lat. dimittere, to send away) for a See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate, especially by See also:

• LEASE (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. laxare, to loosen)

lease . The word has an operative effect in a lease implying a See also:

• COVENANT
• COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

covenant for " quiet enjoyment " (see LANDLORD AND See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

TENANT) . The phrase " demise of the See also:

• CROWN

crown " is used in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law to signify the immediate transfer of the See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty, with all its attributes and prerogatives, to the successor without any See also:

• INTERREGNUM (Lat. inter, between, and regnum, reign)

interregnum in accordance with the See also:

• MAXIM, SIR HIRAM STEVENS (184o- )

maxim " the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king never See also:

• DIES, CHRISTOPH ALBERT (1755-1822)

dies." At See also:

• COMMON

common law the See also:

• DEATH

death of the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign eo facto dissolved See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, but this was abolished by the See also:

• REPRESENTATION

Representation of the See also:

• PEOPLE

People See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1867, §51 . Similarly the common law See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine that all offices held under the crown determined at its demise has been negatived by the Demise of the Crown Act 1901 . " Demise" is thus often used loosely for death or decease .