Lat. I have demised or leased. Demisi, concessi, et ad flrmam tradidi; have demised, granted, and to farm let. The usu-al operative words in ancient leases, as the corresponding English words are in the modern forms. 2 Bl. Comm. 317, 318. Koch v. Hustis, 113 wis. 599. 87 N. W. 834; Kinney ▼. watts, 14 wend. (N. T.) 40
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
