et habeas ibi tunc hoc breve
et habeas ibi tunc hoc breve (et hay-bee-[schwa]s ib-I t[schwa]ngk hok bree-vee). [Latin] Hist. And that you have then and there this writ. • These were the formal words directing the return of a writ. The literal translation was retained in the later form of a considerable number of writs.