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Demise
Last modified: Thu Feb 23 16:37:37 2006
Old-fashioned term for a lease, now used mostly in the context of a mortgage. A `mortgage by demise' (or sub-demise) is a mortgage which is given effect by the mortgagor granting a long lease to the mortgagee.
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