Meaning of CAVEAT
| Pronunciation: | | 'keyvee`at
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | caution |
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| | Definition: | |  Caveat
Based loosely on historical events in California in 1916, CAVEAT tells the story of Hank Beecham, son of a dissolute Confederate veteran and embittered mother, snubbed by the townspeople of St. Elmo. Hank finds his calling as a rainmaker, saving St. Elmo from a serious drought. When the town doesn`t pay him as promised, Hank returns eight years later to exact his revenge. more details ... |
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| | 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.
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| | Definition: | | A warning; a note of caution. |
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| | Related Terms: | | admonishment, admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, alarm, bench warrant, briefing, capias, caution, cautioning, consultation, council, counsel, death warrant, determent, deterrence, deterrent example, direction, example, exhortation, expostulation, fieri facias, final notice, final warning, forewarning, frightening off, guidance, habere facias possessionem, hint, hortation, idea, injunction, instruction, interdict, intimidation, lesson, mandamus, mandate, mandatory injunction, mittimus, monition, moral, nisi prius, notice, notification, object lesson, opinion, parley, precept, process, prohibitory injunction, proposal, recommendation, remonstrance, search warrant, suggestion, talking out of, thought, threat, tip-off, ultimatum, verbum sapienti, warning, warning piece, warrant, warrant of arrest, warrant of attorney, writ |
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