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HABERE FACIAS POSSESSIONEM Definition & Legal Meaning

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Lat. That you cause to have possession. The name of the process commonly resorted toby the successful party in an action of ejectment, for the purpose of being placed bythe sheriff in the actual possession of the land recovered. It is commonly termed simply”habere facias,” or “hab. fa.”

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