Thesaurus: caveat

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
4. n. a warning against certain acts
5. n. (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing
6. 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 Etym: [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.
7. A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to doa certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveatentered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or thetaking out of letters of administration, etc. Bouvier.
8. n:100 n. (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing