Premises are land and
building
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s together considered as a
property
Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to the valuable things themselves. Depending on the nature of the property, an owner of property may have the right to consume, alter, share, re ...
. This usage arose from
property
Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to the valuable things themselves. Depending on the nature of the property, an owner of property may have the right to consume, alter, share, re ...
owners finding the word in their
title deed
A deed is a legal document that is signed and delivered, especially concerning the ownership of property or legal rights. Specifically, in common law, a deed is any legal instrument in writing which passes, affirms or confirms an interest, right ...
s, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about", from
Latin
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''prae-missus'' = "placed before".
In this sense, the word is always used in the plural, but singular in construction. Note that a single house or a single other piece of property is "premises", not a "premise", although the word "premises" is plural in form; e.g. "The equipment is on the customer's premises", never "The equipment is on the customer's premise".
Law relating to premises
Liability of owner of premises in tort
Transfer of ownership of premises
Premises registration
Premises registration is "a way to locate where livestock or dead animals are kept or congregated."
[State of Wisconsin website Livestock Premises Registration page]
{{webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060503004309/http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/premises/index.jsp , date=2006-05-03 . Retrieved January 12, 2009. In the
United States
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, it is voluntary according to the
USDA
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, but may be mandatory for each state.
As of January 13, 2009 the USDA has entered into the federal register a document which provides for the expansion of implementation of a mandatory national animal identification system to be effective January 2010.
References
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Apartment building
An apartment (American English, Canadian English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), tenement ( Scots English), or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) ...
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Parking lot
A parking lot or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles. The term usually refers to an area dedicated only for parking, with a durable or semi-durable surface. In most jurisdi ...
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Occupiers' liability in English law
Occupiers' liability is a field of tort law, Codification (law), codified in statute, which concerns the duty of care owed by those who occupy real property, through ownership or lease, to people who visit or Trespass to land, trespass. It deals ...
Real estate
Real property law
Agricultural law