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 Wasbb. Real Prop. 437; New York Indians v. U. S., 170 In S. 1, 18 Sup. Ct. 531, 42 L. Ed. 927; Clapp v. Byrnes, 3 App. Diu 284, 38 N. Y. Supp. 1063; Miller v. Graham, 47 S. C. 288, 25 S. E. 165; Hart v. Gardner, 74 Miss. 153, 20 South. 877.

— Habendum et tenendum. In old conveyancing. To have and to hold. Formal words in deeds of land from a very early period. Bract, fol. 17b.

LI To have; to be held. One of the formal parts of a deed, following immediately after the premises; so called from the word habendum, with which it commenced, and literally translated in nlbdern deeds, in the clause beginning with the words " to have and to hold." Its original object was to determine the interest granted, or to lessen, enlarge, explain or qualify the premises. In modem deeds, the premises usually contain the specification of the estate granted, so that the habendum is in most cases a mere form; but if no estate is mentioned in the pi-emises, the habendum still performs its ancient offica Habendum et tenendum: to have and to hold.

See Habere, Habendum.

I. (To be held.) The clause of a deed defining the estate granted, containing the words of limitation. Habendum et tenendum: to have and to hold; to be had and held.