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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HABENDUM

Ha *ben "dum, n. Etym: [L., that must be had. ] (Law )

Defn: That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum. Kent.

New American Oxford Dictionary

habendum

ha ben dum |həˈbendəm həˈbɛndəm | ▶noun Law the part of a deed or conveyance that states the estate or quantity of interest to be granted, e.g., the term of a lease. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: Latin, literally ‘(that is ) to be had. ’

Oxford Dictionary

habendum

habendum |həˈbɛndəm | ▶noun Law the part of a deed or conveyance which states the estate or quantity of interest to be granted, e.g. the term of a lease. ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘that is to be had ’, gerundive of habere ‘have ’.