Several Demises
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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."
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English practice. In the action of ejectment, it was formerly customary, in case there were any doubt as to the legal estate being in the plaintiff, to insert in the declaration several demises from as many different persons; but this was rendered unnecessary by the provisions of the common-law procedure acts.
Defined under Demise in Black's Law Dictionary.