premise : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
  major premiss.
  

WordNet

• (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term.

Webster 1913

• noun the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
  minor premiss; subsumption.
  

WordNet

• (Law), the inspection by the jury of the place where a litigated transaction is said to have occurred.

Webster 1913