Premises

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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.

[edit] Premises liability

Premises liability is the liability for a landowner for certain torts that occur on the real property.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] See also

• Apartment building
• Parking lot