Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: caution

See Also: notice, warning

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