Premises
WordNet
noun
(1) Land and the buildings on it
"Bread is baked on the premises"
"The were evicted from the premises"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
- The subject of a conveyance or deed
Etymology
This usage arose from owners of real property 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".