Definition of caveat Caveat

/kejˈviæˌt/ - [keyveeat] - ca•ve•at

We found 18 definitions of caveat from 6 different sources.

What does caveat mean?

Noun Plural: caveats
caveat - (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"
		notice the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police"
caveat - a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices"
		caution
		warning notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin"

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caveat (Noun)
A warning.
caveat (Noun)
A qualification or exception.
caveat (Noun)
A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
caveat (Noun)
A formal notice of interest in land, under a Torrens land-title system .
caveat (Verb)
To qualify a particular statement with a proviso or caveat.
caveat (Verb)
To lodge a formal notice of interest in land, under a Torrens land-title system .
caveat (Verb)
To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
caveat (Verb)
To warn or caution against some event.

caveat (n.)
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.
caveat (n.)
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.
caveat (n.)
Intimation of caution; warning; protest.

caveat
(Law) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition.
caveat
A document used in the US between 1836 and 1910, similar to a provisional patent application, but which could be renewed after one year.
caveat
A gentle advice or warning given to someone to tell him to be cautious about something.

caveat
kā′ve-at, n. a notice or warning: a formal warning, entered in the books of a court or public office, that no step shall be taken in a particular matter without notice to the person lodging the caveat, so that he may appear and object. [L., 'let him take care'—cavēre, to take care.]

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