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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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