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Webster 1913 Edition
Caveat
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Ca′ve-at
,Noun.
[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.
☞ 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Caveat
CAVEAT
,Noun.
1.
In law, a process in a court, especially in a spiritual court, to stop proceedings, as to stop the proving of a will; also to prevent the institution of a clerk to a benefice.In America, it is used in courts of common law.
2.
Intimation of caution; hint; warning; admonition.CAVEAT
,Verb.
T.