HABERE FACIAS POSSESSIONEM

habere facias possessionem (h[schwa]-beer-ee fay-shee-[schwa]s p[schwa]-zes[h]-ee-oh-n[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “that you cause to have possession”] Hist. A writ giving a successful ejectment-action plaintiff the possession of the recovered land. • If the sheriff delivered more than the person was entitled to, a writ of rehabere facias seisinam could compel the sheriff to return the excess. […]