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  • noun land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
  • noun law (plural only; not used in singular form) The subject of a conveyance or deed
  • noun logic Plural form of premise.

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  • noun land and the buildings on it

Etymologies

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Meaning #1 arose from owners of real property finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about", from Latin prae-missus = "placed before".

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