JETX said:
Only when it is more than one 'premise'. Premises liability (plural) requires more than one premise. This post only refers to one of them.
I would consider installing 'speed control devices' (aka: speed bumps). And/or consider hiring off-duty deputies to patrol the streets.
"Premises" is singular.
Speed bumps are good.
Definitions of premises on the Web:
* land and buildings together considered as a place of business; "bread is baked on the premises"
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
* The word premise came from Latin "praemisus" meaning "placed in front".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premises
* A descriptive term for the land, building or parts thereof involved in a particular transaction.
www.titlemidwest.com/dictionary_p.htm
* The building insured or containing the insured property. Depending on policy conditions, it may also include an adjacent area.
ww3.komotv.com/global/story.asp
* Telephony term for the space occupied by a customer or authorized/joint user in a building(s) on continuous or contiguous property (except railroad rights of way, etc.) not separated by a public road or highway.
www.levitonvoicedata.com/learning/glossary.asp
* Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL
www.savoyplace.co.uk/terms.cfm
* In commercial real estate, the description of the leasehold and the specific square footage for which the parties enter into a lease.
www.windermerecommercial.com/index.cfm
* The particular location of a property or a portion thereof as designated in a policy.
www.lombard.ca/Glossary.htm
* Sentences that form the basis for a piece of reasoning; the premises in an inference are supposed to support the conclusion.
philosophy.berkeley.edu/macfarlane/25a/glossary.shtml
* This is the space occupied by the customer.
www.bugsweep.com/glossary.html
* Typically the entire rentable area leased by lessee. Sometimes used to designate solely the useable area leased by lessee, ie, that for which the lessee has exclusive occupancy as opposed to the common areas.
www.spacelease.com/SpaceLease/Glossary.asp
* A building, group of buildings and/or contiguous parcels of land under the control of a single customer and used for a single purpose. Contiguous parcels of land separated by a public road are considered to be separate premises. Separate buildings and adjoining buildings in a group of buildings, which are directly accessible to the public and function independently from the others, are separate premises. A building is defined by the National Electrical Code as a structure which stands alone or which is cut off from adjoining structures by fire walls with all openings therein protected by approved fire doors
www.pplelectric.com/business/tariff+and+rules/remsi/table+of+contents/definitions.htm
* the statements contained in an argument, excluding the conclusion
athena.english.vt.edu/~logic/glossary.html
* Premises means any place and includes a vehicle, vessel or moveable structure.
www.richmond.gov.uk/depts/env/envprotection/consumerprotection/licensing/LicensingPolicy/Glossary.htm
* Land; an estate; the subject matter of a conveyance.
www.investinmortgages.net/glossary.html
* Section 4 of the Act, 'premises' means an area of land or any other place (whether or not enclosed or built upon), a building or other structure, a vehicle, vessel or aircraft, or a part of any such premises.
www.deh.gov.au/atmosphere/cleaner-fuels/publications/sampling-manual/glossary.html
* Legal Definition: The building(s) insured, containing the insured property, and any insured property immediately adjacent are considered to be the “premises.” Translation: The building(s) and its contents that are covered under the insurance contract.
mb.thehartford.com/get_more/insurance_jargon_mq.asp
* a building or part of a building usually including the adjacent grounds.
www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail
* does not include a motor vehicle, a train, a caravan, trailer, tanker or anything else pulled by a vehicle or animal.
www.osr.nsw.gov.au/pls/portal/url/page/osrhome/tax_prof/subsidies/petrolsub/definitions
* A continuous tract of land, building or group of adjacent buildings under a single control with respect to use of water and responsibility for payment therefore. Subdivision of such use or responsibility shall constitute a division into separate premises as herein defined, except that where more than one dwelling is being served through the same water service in which case each of said dwellings shall constitute a separate premises and shall be subject to the same separate charges as if separate singlefamily dwellings.
www.ci.elko.nv.us/codes/City_Municipal_Code/Title_9/1/3.html
* The premises are statements that are said to support, or give evidence for, the conclusion.
www.msu.edu/~susse/PHL200-Glossary.html
* The part of an ARGUMENT which gives reasons for accepting the CONCLUSION.
www.abdn.ac.uk/philosophy/guide/glossary.shtml
* The parcel of land, lot or lots, on which the development, improvement, or service is planned. (As stated in Section 1-2 of the Rules and Regulations.)
www.ccmaui.com/~h2oeng/glossary.html
* (1) The extent of real property owned or occupied by a person. (2) In many insurance policies, that part of the insured's property to which the protection extends, as defined in the policy. (3) Matters previously stated or set forth; provisions in a legal document, especially a deed.
www.allianceinsures.com/resources_glossary.php
* A platted lot or part thereof or unplatted lot or parcel of land, either occupied or unoccupied by any structure, and includes any such building, accessory structure, adjoining alley, easement, or drainage way.
www6.indygov.org/cp/ordinances/zonord/wel/wel203.htm
* A defined portion of land and the improvements thereon as usually described in a deed, deed of trust or mortgage.
www.homemortgageofnc.com/homemortgage/GLOSSARY/web GLOSSARY2.htm
* Generally, a piece of land with a building or buildings upon it.
www.muaco.com/en/glossary/P/