What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine?
--Shak.
His soul is at his conception demised to him.
--Hammond.
3. (Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
2. The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also,
the death of any illustrious person.
After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in
1737, they [drawing- rooms] were held but twice a
week. --P.
Cunningham.
3. (Law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in
fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
--Bouvier.
Note: The demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown,
royal authority, or kingdom, to a successor. Thus, when
Edward IV. was driven from his throne for a few months
by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of
his dignity was called a demise. Thus the natural death
of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as
by that event the crown is transferred to a successor.
--Blackstone.
{Demise and redemise}, a conveyance where there are mutual
leases made from one to another of the same land, or
something out of it.
Syn: Death; decease; departure. See {Death}.