That whlch is put before; that which precedes; the foregoing state-ments. Thus, in logic, the two introductory propositions of the syllogism are called the “premises," and from them the concluslon is deduced. So, in pleading, the expression “in consideration of the premises” frequently occurs, the meaning belng “ia conslderatlon of the matters hereinbefore stated.” See Teutonia F. Ins. Co. v. Mund, 102 Pa. 93; Alaska Imp. Co. v. Hlrsch, 119 Cal. 249, 47 Pac. 124
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
