DEM 
the weftern fide of a river in the N. W. territ ory: 
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a circula 200 yards t 
and difcharges infelf y into the Mlinois br a ae paflage four 
feet deep, 175 miles from the Miffifippi. 
DEMI API, atown of Afiatic ee in the pro- 
vince of Natola 3; 2omiles S.E. of Balikefi 
DEMISE, in Law, is applied to an clate either ‘in fee- 
fimple, feevtail, or for term of life, or years; and fo it is com- 
eek y taken in many writs. It is alfo ufed for any eftate. 
2 Inft. 483. 
The king’s death is, in law, termed the demife of the 
king, to his ‘royal fucceffor, of his crown and dignity. 
EMISE of ihe hing, or of the crown, demiffio regis vel co- 
yong, an expreffion ufed for the natural diflo‘ution of the 
ns perpetua m 
fitontnc any writ or procefs. Vide ftat. 1 Ed. VI. cap. 7. 
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Nor does it determine any commiffion civil or military, or 
office of ftate, but they fhall continue in force for fix 
ae after the fovereign’s demife, unlefs made void by 
the er fee. Stat. 7 and & Will. ITI. cap. 27. fe&. 21. 
Ann .8. 6 Ann. cap. 7. fe&. 8. 
Neither is a pela ment ple | determined till after fix 
mocths. 7 & 8 Will. III. ca 
Nor is a defendant, who hath tach to an information, 
obliged to plead to it again. But he may plead again upon 
requeft made to the court, within five months after the de- 
mife. 4 & 5 Will. & Mar. cap. 18. fet. 7. 
Demise, and Redemife, denote a conveyance where there 
are mutual leafes made from one to another of the fame land, 
or fomething out of it. 
Demr-Vills, See Vir 
denotes 2 
eity in the creation of the world 
faces bis 
and, excluding datally the fupreme Deity ‘om all c ponent: 
ment in it, he dema - from mankind, Tor himfelf and his 
affociates, divine honours. 
DEMM, in Geagrapy a a town of ee in the country 
ef Yemen; 20 miles S.S.W. of Cham 
DEM 
Dimmin, a {mall town of Pru in Pomerania, on the river 
Peene at the conflucnee of ioe lakes, the Trebel and the 
Tollen, with a good corn trade. It is one of the oldeft 
i ed. Several ficir- 
miles S. of Stralfund. 
OCEDES, in Biography, the fon of Calliphon of 
Gein, acity in Italy, acquired great fame for his fkill in 
medicine and furgery, and fettling at /igina, whither he 
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is a compound of fhining qualities, and infu pport- 
Zab 
MIN, sociently calles Timin, Dymin ; Demyn, or Ww 
flia, 
DEM 
avent to efcape the tyranny of his father, he received from 
the city a falary of a talent annually. t Athens, to which 
place he was invited, he was engaged on a ftipend of 100 
minz, and from Polycrates, the tyrant of Samos, to whom 
he was anata: attached, he received annuaily two talents. 
Irom this ftate of afluence and confideration, he fell into the 
deepeft diftrefs, Polycrates being treacheroufly’ murdered 
by Oretes, and Oretes in his tura, killed by order of Darius 
eeu the king of Perfia, Democedes, with the reft of the 
sa a of the tyrant, were conveyed to Sufa, loaded with 
chain hrown into a dungeon. But Darius having 
difloented his ankie, and cbtaining no relief oe his furgeon, 
commanded Democedes to be reieafed, and t 
before him. Under his care, the king 
from his pain, and the other confequences of- the accident. . 
This brou ogi him into great favour, which was further in- 
creafed by his curing an ulcer in the breaft, with which 
Atoffa, the daughter of Cyrus, was afflicted. He was now 
—. in a magnificent houfe, admitted to the table, and to 
the moft apiiotal familiarity with the king, and loaded an 
hi pe nis 
tereft in procuring the pardon of his eriece who i sd 
failed in relieving the king, who were to have rie ty ion aled. 
That he fhould with to efcape from a countr e favour 
was accorded, rather to his fuccefs than to his fii, ee he 
had fuffered fo much, and where he was itill a prifoner, i 
excite no furprife ; accordingly his thoughts were turned i 
devifing means by which he might get to his own country, 
which at length he effeQed. Yor pretending to enter into 
the views and interefts of the Perfians, he procured himfelf 
to be fent with fome of the nobles, to explore the coaft of 
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efcaped to Croton, whither the gre on being liberated, 
foliowed ee ah demanded that he be given up to 
them, and on the Crotonians refufing, vee threatened them 
with the ean of the king. emocedes is faid to have 
married a daughter of the famed Milo, who was alfo a native 
of Croton, and to have ami there the remainder of his. 
days. General Biograp 
DEMOCKACY, aaa ae the Greek dnyos, people, and 
upourew, to command, govern, aform of government, or confti- 
tution of a ftate, by virtue of a the loeecieue or 
lupreme authority, is lodged in the people, who exercife the 
erfons of their own order, deputed for that pur- 
a eee racy, therefore, the pcople are in fome re- 
{pects she ier, and in others the fubjeét. In this kind 
in whom the 
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cefs ; they are therefore very capable of “leging a general 
aed can tell when a judge is affiduous in his office, w 
e gives general fatisfadtion, and has never been a ear 
with bribery ; this is fufficient for chufing a pretor. They 
this is as much,as is requifite for eleGting an edile. 
