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HABENDUM Definition & Legal Meaning

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Lat. In conveyancing. The clause usually following the granting part ofthe premises of a deed, which defines the extent of the ownership In the tiling grantedto be held and enjoyed by the grantee. 3 Washb. Real Prop. 437; New York Indians v.U. S., 170 U. S. 1, 18 Sup. Ct. 531, 42 L. Ed. 927; Clapp v. Byrnes, 3 App. Div. 284, 38N. Y. Supp. 1063; Miller v. Graham,47 S. C. 288, 25 S. E. 1G5; Hart r. Gardner, 74 Miss. 153, 20 South. S77.

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