habere licere
habere licere (h[schwa]-beer-ee li-seer-ee), vb. [Latin “to allow to have”] Roman law. To stipulate to a purchaser’s right to possess and enjoy property undisturbed. • The term denoted a seller’s duty to indemnify the purchaser if the purchaser was evicted. An evicted purchaser could raise an action on the stipulation or, under Justinian, an actio ex empto against the seller.