Several Demises

Prior to the com mon-law procedure acts of 1852-1860, _ it was necessary, in England, that the plaintiff in ejectment should make a demise, and that he should have the legal estate in him for that purpose. Wherefore, in case of any doubt whether the legal estate was in A., or in B., or in C, it was usual, in framing the declaration, to insert a demise by each, and the declaration was then said to contain several demises; but now no demise at all is necessary to an action of ejectment.

See Ejectment.