[dɪˈmʌɪz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person's death
(e.g: Mr Grisenthwaite's tragic demise)

- conveyance or transfer of property or a title by will or lease


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a legal term): from Anglo-Norman French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French desmettre ‘dismiss’, (in reflexive) ‘abdicate’, based on Latin dimittere (see dismiss)

[dɪˈmʌɪz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease
(e.g: the manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a legal term): from Anglo-Norman French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French desmettre ‘dismiss’, (in reflexive) ‘abdicate’, based on Latin dimittere (see dismiss)