a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.-either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.-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.-a piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.-to send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.-to set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.-to make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.