Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
I non demiset
[Latin "he did not demise"] Hist. 1. A defensive plea in an action for rent when the plaintiff failed to plead that the demise was by indenture. ( It could not be used if the plaintiff alleged an indenture. 2. In a replevin action, a plea in bar to an avowry for arrears of rent.
Redemise
n. An act or instance of conveying or transferring back (an estate) already demised. - redemise, vb. See DEMISE.
demise
n. 1. The conveyance of an estate by will or lease <the demise of the land for one year>. 2. The instrument by which such a conveyance is accomplished <the demise set forth the terms of the transfer>. 3. The passing of property by descent or bequest <a testator's demise of $100,000 to charity>. 4. The death of a person or (figuratively) of a thing <the corporation's untimely demise>. -Abbr. dem. - demise, ub.
demise charter
A charter under which the ship owner surrenders possession and control of the vessel to the charterer, who then succeeds to many of the shipowner's rights and
demise charterer
See demise charter under charter.
demise of the Crown
The immediate, automatic transfer of a kingdom to a successor upon a sovereign's death or long absence from the throne."The king never dies. Henry, Edward, or George may die; but the king survives them all. For immediately upon the decease of the reigning prince in his natural capacity, his kingship or imperial dignity, by act of law, without any ... interval, is vested at once in his heir; who is, eo instanti, king to all intents and purposes. And so tender is the law of supposing even a possibility of his death, that his natural dissolution is generally called his demise .an expression which signifies merely a transfer of property; for . . . when we say the demise of the crown, we mean only that, in consequence of the disunion of the king's body natural from his body politic, the kingdom is transferred or demised to his successor; and so the royal dignity remains perpetual." 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 242 (1765).
demised premises
Property that has been leased.
joint demise
In an ejectment action, a demise made by two or more persons in one declaration.
separate demise
In an ejectment action, a demise made solely by the lessor.
several demise
(often pl.) Hist. In an ejectment action, a list of demises by all people potentially owning the property at issue, used to ensure that the plaintiff had proved a lease from the person actually having title. See EJECTMENT.
several demises.
See DEMISE.
single demise
In an ejectment action, a declaration containing one demise. See EJECTMENT.