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Caveat

Caveat Meaning & Definition
Caveat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Caveat?

[n] (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; "a caveat filed against the probate of a will"
[n] a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Caveat: caution

Related Terms | Find terms related to Caveat: admonishment | admonition | advice | advising | advocacy | alarm | bench warrant | briefing | capias | caution | cautioning | consultation | council | counsel | death warrant | determent | deterrence | deterrent example | direction | example | exhortation | expostulation | fieri facias | final notice | final warning | forewarning | frightening off | guidance | habere facias possessionem | hint | hortation | idea | injunction | instruction | interdict | intimidation | lesson | mandamus | mandate | mandatory injunction | mittimus | monition | moral | nisi prius | notice | notification | object lesson | opinion | parley | precept | process | prohibitory injunction | proposal | recommendation | remonstrance | search warrant | suggestion | talking out of | thought | threat | tip-off | ultimatum | verbum sapienti | warning | warning piece | warrant | warrant of arrest | warrant of attorney | writ

See Also | notice | warning

Caveat In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca"ve*at\, n. [L. caved let him beware, pres. subj. of cavere to be on one's guard to, beware.] 1. (Law) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc. --Bouvier. 2. (U. S. Patent Laws) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention. Note: A caveat is operative for one year only, but may be renewed. 3. Intimation of caution; warning; protest. We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion. --Jeffrey. {Caveat emptor} [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.

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