- a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- premises,
- a tract of land including its buildings.
- a building together with its grounds or other appurtenances.
- the property forming the subject of a conveyance or bequest.
- Law.
- a basis, stated or assumed, on which reasoning proceeds.
- an earlier statement in a document.
- (in a bill in equity) the statement of facts upon which the complaint is based.
- to set forth beforehand, as by way of introduction or explanation.
- to assume, either explicitly or implicitly, (a proposition) as a premise for a conclusion.
- to state or assume a premise.
- a statement that is assumed to be true for the purpose of an argument from which a conclusion is drawn
- to state or assume (a proposition) as a premise in an argument, theory, etc
