Canadian English Meaning of caveat

caveat

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Definitions and Meaning of caveat in English

Wordnet

caveat (n)

a warning against certain acts

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

Webster

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.

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caveat

a warning against certain acts, (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearingA notice given by an i

caution,warning,Admonition,admonition,alert,forewarning,heads-up,limitation,notice,Prohibition

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cave myotis => Cave myotis, cave man => caveman, cave in => cave-in, cave dweller => cave dweller, cave bat => cave bat,