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  • HABEAS CORPUS
    Lat. (You have the body.) The name given to a variety of writs, (of which these were anciently the emphatic words,) having for their object to bring a party before a court or Judge. In common usage, and whenever these words are used alone, they are understood to mean the More...
  • HABENDUM
    Lat. In conveyancing. The clause usually following the granting part of the premises of a deed, which defines the extent of the ownership in the thing granted to be held and enjoyed by the grantee. 3 Washb. Real Prop. 437; New York Indians v. U. S., 170 U. S. 1, More...
  • HABENTES HOMINES
    In old English law. Rich men; literally, having men. The same with fasting-men, (q. v.) Cowell.
  • HABENTIA
    Riches. Mon. Angl. t I 100.
  • HABERE
    Lat. In the civil law. To have. Sometimes distinguished from tenere, (to hdld,) and possidere, (to possess;) habere referring to the right, tenere to the fact, and possidere to both. Calvin.
  • HABERE FACIAS POSSESSIONEM
    Lat. That you cause to have possession. The name of the process commonly resorted to by the successful party in an action of ejectment, for the purpose of being placed by the sheriff in the actual possession of the land recovered. It is commonly termed simply "habere facias" or "hab. More...
  • HABERE FACIAS SEISINAM
    L. Lat. That you cause to have seisin. The writ of execution in real actions, directing the sheriff to cause the demandant to have seisin of the lands recovered. It was the proper process for giving seisin of a freehold, as distinguished from a chattel interest in lands.
  • HABERE FACIAS VISUM
    Lat. That you cause to have a view. A writ to cause the sheriff to take a view of lands or tenements.
  • HABERE LICERE
    Lat. In Roman law. To allow [one] to have [possession.] This phrase denoted the duty of the seller of property to allow the purchaser to have the possession and enjoyment. For a breach of this duty, an actio ex empto might be maintained.
  • HABERJECTS
    A cloth of a mixed color. Magna Charta, c. 26.
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