Both Uses of
premise
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- You, a deputy procureur, to found an accusation on such bad premises!†
Chpt 11-12 *
- He was on Villefort's premises—had arrived there by scaling the wall.†
Chpt 73-74
Definition:
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(premise as in: the premise of the argument) something assumed to be true and upon which other things are based