LEGEM HABERE

legem habere (lee-j<<schwa>>m h<<schwa>>-beer-ee), vb.[Latin] Hist. To be able to testify under oath. • In England, witnesses with criminal convictions were unable to testify until the 19th century, by the Evidence Act of 1843 (6 & 7 Vict., ch. 85).

[Blacks Law 8th]