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Definition caveat

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caveat (“may he beware of”), from cave? (“I beware of”), from Proto-Italic *kaw?? (“to beware, be mindful of”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh?- (“to perceive; to pay attention”).

Noun

caveat (plural caveats)

1. A warning.
2. A qualification or exemption.
3. (law) A formal objection.
   1. (law) A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
4. (law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.

Verb

caveat (third-person singular simple present caveats, present participle caveating or caveatting, simple past and past participle caveated or caveatted)

1. (transitive, regarded by some as nonstandard) To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
2. (transitive, law) To formally object to something.
   1. (transitive, law, specifically) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
3. (transitive, law, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.

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