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Demise means transfer of property by a lease or will.�

This case from California, explains that the word demise when used:

• As a noun, means:�
  • a lease for a term of years;
  • a conveyance in fee, for life or years;
  • the conveyance of an estate, either in fee or for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
• As a verb it means to lease for a term of years.

Demise also refers to the death of a person or the end of a thing, such as �demise of a corporation.��