| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Habendum clause | Finance | Latin for "to have and to hold." The clause is written into deeds and mortgages to define the transfer of the subject property. It reads: "To have and hold the premises herein granted unto the party of the second part (the grantee), his heirs and the assigns forever." (references) | |
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