science

Premises

Premises is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Premises rather than just read about it. In short: Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about", from Latin prae-missus = "placed before".

Key takeaways

Premises belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Premises to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Premises from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about", from Latin 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

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

Transfer of ownership of premises

Premises registration

Premises registration is "a way to locate where livestock or dead animals are kept or congregated." In the United States, it is voluntary according to the USDA, 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

See also Apartment building Parking lot Occupiers' liability in English law

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Premises

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Premises claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Premises before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Premises ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Premises

In research: Premises appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Premises in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Premises is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Agricultural law, Real estate, Real property law, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Premises outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Premises in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Premises means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Premises out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Premises in simple terms?

Why does Premises matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Premises?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Premises.