A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, 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. (This meaning arose from meaning #3, by owners of land and/or buildings finding the word in their title deeds and wrongly guessing its meaning.)
The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
To make a premise.
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
The subject of a conveyance or deed
