caveat - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'caveat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- 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.
- Intimation of caution; warning; protest.

Meaning of 'caveat' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . caveat

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a warning against certain acts

Example in sentence:

a caveat against unfair practices

Meaning (2):
- (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing

Example in sentence:

a caveat filed against the probate of a will

Nearby Words:

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Caveat emptor
“Let the buyer beware.” A slogan popular before the late 1930s when there was no regulation protecting consumer rights.

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