'Caveat' definitions:
Definition of 'caveat'
From: WordNet
noun
A warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices" [syn: caution, caveat]
noun
(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"
Definition of 'Caveat'
From: GCIDE
- Caveat \Ca"ve*at\, n. [L. caved let him beware, pres. subj. of cavere to be on one's guard to, beware.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: A caveat is operative for one year only, but may be renewed. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Intimation of caution; warning; protest. [1913 Webster]
- We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
- Caveat emptor [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'caveat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admonishment,
- admonition,
- advice,
- advising,
- advocacy,
- alarm,
- bench warrant,
- briefing,
- capias,
- caution,
- cautioning,
- consultation,
- council,
- counsel,
- death warrant,
- determent,
- deterrence,
- deterrent example,
- direction,
- example,
- exhortation,
- expostulation,
- fieri facias,
- final notice,
- final warning,
- forewarning,
- frightening off,
- guidance,
- habere facias possessionem,
- hint,
- hortation,
- idea,
- injunction,
- instruction,
- interdict,
- intimidation,
- lesson,
- mandamus,
- mandate,
- mandatory injunction,
- mittimus,
- monition,
- moral,
- nisi prius,
- notice,
- notification,
- object lesson,
- opinion,
- parley,
- precept,
- process,
- prohibitory injunction,
- proposal,
- recommendation,
- remonstrance,
- search warrant,
- suggestion,
- talking out of,
- thought,
- threat,
- tip-off,
- ultimatum,
- verbum sapienti,
- warning,
- warning piece,
- warrant,
- warrant of arrest,
- warrant of attorney,
- writ