Premises
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
That which is put before. ‘ This word has several sicnifications; sometimes it means the statements which have been before made; as, I act upon these premises; it signifies a formal part of a decd; and it is made to designate an estate.