premises

n. property; site, area; grounds, lands; office or building with the grounds belonging to it

n. proposition, basic assumption, presupposition, fundamental presumption

v. assume, hypothesize, theorize, presume, postulate

For other uses, see Premise Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about", from Latin prae-missus = "placed before".Some people suppose that since "premises" looks like a plural, a single house or other piece of property must be a "premise"; but the word "premise" is reserved for use as a term in logic meaning something assumed or taken as given in making an argument.
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Noun
1. land and buildings together considered as a place of business; "bread is baked on the premises"
(hypernym) site, land site

Noun
1. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
(synonym) premiss, assumption
(hypernym) postulate, posit
(hyponym) major premise, major premiss
(derivation) premiss
Verb
1. set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
(hypernym) set forth, expound, exposit
2. furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
(synonym) precede, preface, introduce
(hypernym) state, say, tell
(hyponym) preamble
3. take something as preexisting and given
(synonym) premiss
(hypernym) presuppose, suppose
(derivation) premiss, assumption

(pl. )
of Premise
  

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; it signifies a formal part of a deed; and it is made to designate an estate.

estates. Lands and tenements are usually, called premises, when particularly spoken of as, the premises will be sold without reserve.

conveyancing. That part in the beginning of a deed, in which are set forth the names of the parties, with their titles ana 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. The technical meaning of the premises in a deed, is every thing which precedes the habendum.

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.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.