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caveat

Noun

∙ a warning
∙ a qualification or exemption
∙ a notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding law
∙ a formal notice of interest in land, under a Torrens land-title system law

Verb

∙ To qualify a particular statement with a proviso or caveat
∙ To lodge a formal notice of interest in land, under a Torrens land-title system law
∙ To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended law, dated
∙ To warn or caution against some event obsolete

BABYLON ENGLISH
caveat n.
suspension of proceedings (Law); caution, warning, admonition

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
caveat
caveat
\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.
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.
caveat
emptor [l.] (law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.
similar words(1)

caveat emptor

WORDNET 2.0
caveat
Noun
1. a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices"
(synonym) caution
(hypernym) warning
2. (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"
(hypernym) notice
(classification) law, jurisprudence

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Caveat
Caveat may refer to
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Priscilla de Villiers
Priscilla de Villiers is a Canadian activist. She was the founder and president of CAVEAT, an organization advocating governmental policy on crime.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

caveat

Noun

∙ a warning
∙ a qualification or exemption
∙ a notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding law
∙ a formal notice of interest in land, under a Torrens land-title system law

Verb

∙ To qualify a particular statement with a proviso or caveat
∙ To lodge a formal notice of interest in land, under a Torrens land-title system law
∙ To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended law, dated
∙ To warn or caution against some event obsolete

BABYLON ENGLISH
caveat n.
suspension of proceedings (Law); caution, warning, admonition

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
caveat
caveat
\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.
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.
caveat
emptor [l.] (law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.
similar words(1)

caveat emptor

WORDNET 2.0
caveat
Noun
1. a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices"
(synonym) caution
(hypernym) warning
2. (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"
(hypernym) notice
(classification) law, jurisprudence

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Caveat
Caveat may refer to
See more at Wikipedia.org...
Priscilla de Villiers
Priscilla de Villiers is a Canadian activist. She was the founder and president of CAVEAT, an organization advocating governmental policy on crime.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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