Demise

de-mlz, n., laying down—hence, a trans- ferring: the death of a sovereign or a distinguished person a transfer of the crown or of an estate lo a succe or.—^ to send down to a succe or to bequeath by will. [O Fr demise, pa p of denu ttre, to lay down— L. dimittere, to send away— L. dis, aside and mitteie, mi us, to send.]