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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 --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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caveat n 1: a warning against certain acts: "a caveat against unfair practices" [syn: {caution}] 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"
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