Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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demissio

n. [fr. Latin demittere "to demise"] Hist. A lease or other transfer. ( In an ejectment action, this term was used in the phrase ex demissione ("on the demise") to show that a nominal plaintiff' (a fictitious person) held an estate on a demise from the real plaintiff.

ex demissione

[Latin "upon the demise"] Hist. A phrase forming part of the title of the old action of ejectment. - Abbr. ex dem.