HABERE

HABERE habere (h[schwa]-beer-ee), vb. [Latin ¡°to have¡±] Roman law. To have (the right to) something. ? This term was sometimes distinguished from tenere (to hold) and possidere (to possess), with habere referring to the right, tenere to the fact, and possidere to both. ¡° ¡®Habere¡¯ has two meanings; for we say that the owner of […]