# Premises

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Collective buildings part of a property

For other uses, see [Premise (disambiguation)](/source/Premise_(disambiguation)).

Look up ***[premises](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/premises)*** in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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**Premises** are land and [buildings](/source/Building) together considered as a [property](/source/Property). This usage arose from [property](/source/Real_property) owners finding the word in their [title deeds](/source/Title_deed), where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about", from [Latin](/source/Latin) *prae-missus* = "placed before".[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

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

Main article: [Land law](/source/Land_law)

Premise is within the law and means that there is a standing for that particular law by example.

## Liability of owner of premises in tort

Main article: [Duty of care § Land](/source/Duty_of_care#Land)

## Transfer of ownership of premises

Main article: [Conveyancing](/source/Conveyancing)

## Premises registration

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Premises registration is "a way to locate where livestock or dead animals are kept or congregated."[1] In the [United States](/source/United_States), it is voluntary according to the [USDA](/source/USDA), but may be mandatory for each state.[1]

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

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-registration_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-registration_1-1) [State of Wisconsin website Livestock Premises Registration page](http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/premises/index.jsp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20060503004309/http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/premises/index.jsp) 2006-05-03 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). Retrieved January 12, 2009.

## See also

- [Apartment building](/source/Apartment_building)

- [Parking lot](/source/Parking_lot)

- [Occupiers' liability in English law](/source/Occupiers'_liability_in_English_law)

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