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Legem Habere

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To have one's law; to be a legal person. LEGEM JUBERE (or SCISCERE).

In the Roman law. To give consent and authority to a proposed law; to make or pass it. Tayl. Civ. Law, 9. LEGEM TERRAE AMITTENTES PERpetuam infamlae notam Inde merito Incurrunt. Those who do not preserve (or who lose) the law of the land, thence justly incur the ineffaceable brand of infamy. 3 Inst. 221.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To have one’s law, i. e., the right to be sworn.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Capable of giving evidence upon oath. LEGEM 8CISCERE (Let). To give consent or authority to a proposed lav^.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. To be capable of giving evidence upon oath. Witnesses Who had been convicted of crime were ineapable of giving evidence, until 6 &7 Vict. G. 85. proposed law; to make or pass it. Tayl. Civil Law, 9.