See Also: Caveat emptor, caveat subscriptor(money)
Caveat(law)
Caveat(money)
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caveat(dictionary)
CAVEAT EMPTOR(law)
CAVEAT, practice(law)
caveat emptor(dictionary)
Caveat Venditor(money)
Caveat Emptor(money)

caveat (iou)



caveat noun & verb. M16.
[Latin, 3rd person sing. pres. subjunct. of cavere beware.]
A. noun.
A warning, a proviso; spec. in Law (a) a process in an ecclesiastical court to suspend proceedings; (b) a notice to a court (esp. Scots Law) or an entry in a register preventing a proceeding (as granting of a probate) until the objector's arguments have been heard. M16.
Esp. in enter a caveat, put in a caveat.
A precaution. L16-L17.
b. verb.
verb trans. Enter a caveat against. rare. M17.
verb intrans. Fencing. Disengage. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
cavea'tee noun (Law) a person against whose interests a caveat is entered E20.
caveator noun (Law) a person who enters a caveat L19.