Demise
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
(1) A conveyance, either in fee for life or for years. A lease or conveyance for a term of years. According to Chief Justice Gibson, the term strictly denotes a postliumous grant, and no more.
5 Whart. (Pa.) 278.
See 4 Bing. N. C. 678; 2 Bouv. Inst, note 1774 et seq. (2) A term nearly synonymous with "death," appropriated in England especially to denote the decease of the king or queen.