Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
CAVEAT
caveat
(noun) (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”
caution, caveat
(noun) a warning against certain acts; “a caveat against unfair practices”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
caveat (plural caveats)
A warning.
A qualification or exemption.
(law) A formal objection.
(law) A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
(law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
Verb
caveat (third-person singular simple present caveats, present participle caveatting or caveating, simple past and past participle caveatted or caveated)
(transitive, regarded by some as nonstandard) To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
(transitive, law) To formally object to something.
(transitive, law, specifically) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
(transitive, law, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
(transitive, obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.
Usage notes
The modern use of caveat as a verb meaning “to qualify with a proviso” is often considered awkward or improper.
Anagrams
• vacate
Source: Wiktionary
Ca"ve*at, n. Etym: [L. caved let him beware, pres. subj. of cavere to be on one's guard to, beware.]
1. (Law)
Definition: 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)
Definition: 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 Etym: [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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