KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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DEMESNE

DEMONETIZATION

in hit demesne as of fee of a corporeal inher itance, because he has a property, domimcum or demesne, in the thing itself. But when he has no dominion in the thing itself, as in the case of an incorporeal hereditament, he is said to be seised as of fee, and not in his demesne as of fee. 2 Bl. Comm. 106; Littleton, § 10; Barnet v. Ihrie, 17 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 196.—De mesne lands. In English law. Those lands of a manor not granted out in tenancy, but re served by the lord for his own use and occu pation. Lands Bet apart and appropriated by the lord for his own private use, as for the supply of his table, and the maintenance of his family; the opposite of tenemental lands. Ten ancy and demesne, however, were not in every sense the opposites of each other; lands held for years or at will being included among de mesne lands, as well as those in the lord's actu al possession. Spelman ; 2 Bl. Comm. 90 —De mesne lands of the crown. That share of lands reserved to the crown at the original dis tribution of landed property, or which came to it afterwards by forfeiture or otherwise. 1 Bl. Comm. 286; 2 Steph. Comm. 550.—Demesni al. Pertaining to a demesne. DEMI. French. Half; the half. Used chiefly in composition. As to aemi "Mark," "Official," "Vill," see those titles. DEMI-SANGUE, or DEMY-SANGUE. Half-blood. DEMIDIETAS. In old records. A half or moiety. DEMIES. In some universities and col leges this term is synonymous with "schol ars." DEMINUTIO. In the civil law. A tak ing away; loss or deprivation. See CAPITIS DEMINUTIO. DEMISE, v. In conveyancing. To con vey or create an estate for years or life; to lease. The usual and operative word in leases: "Have granted, demised, and to farm let, and by these presents do grant, demise, and to farm let." 2 Bl. Comm. 317; 1 Steph. Comm. 476; Co. Litt. 45a. DEMISE, ». In conveyancing. A convey ance of an estate to another for life, for years, or at will; most commonly for years; a lease. 1 Steph. Comm. 475. Voorhees v. Church, 5 How. Prac. (N. T.) 71; Gilmore v. Hamilton, 83 Ind. 196. Originally a posthumous grant; commonly a lease or conveyance for a term of years; sometimes applied to any conveyance, in fee, for life, or for years. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1289. "Demise" is synonymous with "lease" or "let," except that demise ex vi termini implies a cov enant for title, and also a covenant for quiet enjoyment, whereas lease or let implies neither of these covenants. Brown. The word Is also used as a synonym for "decease" or "death." In England it is es pecially employed to denote the death of the sovereign. —Demise and redemise. In conveyancing. Mutual leases made from one party to another

on each side, of the same land, or something out of it; as when A. grants a lease to B. at a nominal rent; (as of a pepper corn,) and B. redemises the same property to A. for a shorter time at a real, substantial rent. Jacob,; Whi shaw.—Demise of the crown. The natural dissolution of the king is generally so called; an expression which signifies merely a transfer of property. By demise of the crown we mean only that, in consequence of the disunion of the king's natural body from his body politic, the kingdom is transferred or demised to his suc cessor, and so the royal dignity remains perpet ual. 1 Bl. Conwnu 249; Plowd. 234.—Several demises. 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 declara tion several demises from as many different persons; but this was rendered unnecessary by the provisions of the common-law procedure acts.—Single demise. A declaration in eject ment might contain either one demise or sev eral. When it contained only one, it was call ed a "declaration with a single demise." have demised, granted, and to farm let. The usu al operative words in ancient leases, as the corresponding English words are in the mod ern forms. 2 Bl. Comm. 317, 318. Koch v. Hustis, 113 Wis. 599, 87 N. W. 834; Kinney v. Watts, 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 40. DEMISSIO. L. Lat. A demise or let ting. Chiefly used in the phrase ex demis sione (on the demise), which formed part of the title of the cause in the old actions of ejectment, where it signified that the nom inal plaintiff (a fictitious person) held the es tate "on the demise" of, that is, by a lease from, the real plaintiff. In military law. The dismissal of an army or body of troops from active service. That form of govern ment in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens; as distinguished from a monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy. According to the theory of a pure democracy, every citizen should participate directly in the business of governing, and the legislative assembly should comprise the whole people. But the ultimate lodgment of the sovereignty being the distinguishing feature, the introduction of the representative system does not remove a government from this type. However, a government of the latter kind is sometimes specifically described as a "representative de mocracy." DEMISI. Lat. I have demised or leased. Demisi, concessi, et ad firmam tradidi; DEMOBILIZATION. DEMOCRACY.

DEMOCRATIC. Of or pertaining to de mocracy, or to the party of the democrats.

DEMONETIZATION. The disuse of a particular metal for purposes of coinaga The withdrawal of the value of a metal as money.