DEMISSIO

demissio (di-mish-ee-oh), n.[fr. Latin demittere “to demise”] Hist. A lease or other transfer. •

In an ejectment action, this term was used in the phrase ex demissione (“on the demise”) to show

that a nominal plaintiff (a fictitious person) held an estate on a demise from the real plaintiff. [Blacks Law 8th]