Premises

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Premise \Prem"ise\, n.; pl. {Premises}. [Written also, less
     properly, {premiss}.] [F. pr['e]misse, fr. L. praemissus, p.
     p. of praemittere to send before; prae before + mittere to
     send. See {Mission}.]
     1. A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something
        previously stated or assumed as the basis of further


        argument; a condition; a supposition.
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              The premises observed,
              Thy will by my performance shall be served. --Shak.
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     2. (Logic) Either of the first two propositions of a
        syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
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     Note: "All sinners deserve punishment: A B is a sinner."
           [1913 Webster] These propositions, which are the
           premises, being true or admitted, the conclusion
           follows, that A B deserves punishment.
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                 While the premises stand firm, it is impossible
                 to shake the conclusion.           --Dr. H. More.
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     3. pl. (Law) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp.,
        that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which
        is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or
        thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the
        habendum; the thing demised or granted.
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     4. pl. A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts;
        as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  premises
       n : land and buildings together considered as a place of
           business; "bread is baked on the premises"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "premises":
     airspace, area, belt, confines, continental shelf, corridor,
     country, department, district, division, environs, ground,
     heartland, hinterland, land, milieu, neighborhood, offshore rights,
     part, parts, place, precincts, purlieus, quarter, region, salient,
     section, soil, space, terrain, territory, three-mile limit,
     twelve-mile limit, vicinage, vicinity, zone
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PREMISES, conveyancing. That part in the beginning of a deed, in which are 
  set forth the names of the parties, with their titles and additions, and in 
  which are recited such deeds, agreements, or matters of fact, as are 
  necessary to explain the reasons upon which the contract then entered into 
  is founded; and it is here also the consideration on which it is made, is 
  set down, and the certainty of the thing granted. 2 Bl. Com. 298. The 
  technical meaning of the premises in a deed, is every thing which precedes 
  the habendum. 8 Mass. R. 174; 6 Conn. R. 289. Vide Deed. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PREMISES, equity pleading. That part of a bill usually denominated the 
  stating part of the bill. It contains a narrative of the facts and 
  circumstances of the plaintiff's case, and the wrongs of which he complains, 
  and the names of the persons by whom done, and against whom he seeks 
  redress. Coop. Eq. Pl..9; Bart. Suit in equity, 27; Mitf. Eq. Pl. by Jeremy, 
  43; Story, Eq. Pl. Sec. 27; 4 Bouv, Inst. n. 4158. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PREMISES. that which is put before. The word has several significations; 
  sometimes it means the statements which have been before made; as, I act 
  upon these premises; in this sense, this word may comprise a variety of 
  subjects, having no connexion among themselves; 1 East, R. 456; it signifies 
  a formal part of a deed; and it is made to designate an estate. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PREMISES, estates. Lands and tenements are usually, called premises, when 
  particularly spoken of; as, the premises will be sold without reserve. 1 
  East, R. 453.