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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caveat \Ca"ve*at\, n. [L. caved let him beware, pres. subj. of
     cavere to be on one's guard to, beware.]
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     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.
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     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.
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     Note: A caveat is operative for one year only, but may be
           renewed.
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     3. Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
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              We think it right to enter our caveat against a
              conclusion.                           --Jeffrey.
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     {Caveat emptor} [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e.,
        let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his
        own judgment.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caveat
       n 1: a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair
            practices" [syn: {caution}]
       2: (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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "caveat":
     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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CAVEAT, practice. That he beware. Caveat is the name of a notice given by a 
  party having an interest, to some officer, not to do an act, till the party 
  giving the notice shall have been heard; as, a caveat to the register of 
  wills, or judge of probate, not to permit a will to be proved, or not to 
  grant letters of administration, until the party shall have been heard. A 
  caveat is also frequently made to prevent a patent for inventions being 
  issued. 1 Bouv. Inst. 71, 534; 1 Burn's Ecc. Law, 19, 263; Bac. Abr. 
  Executors and Administrators, E 8; 3 Bl. Com. 246; Proctor's Pract. 68; 3 
  Bin. Rep. 314; 1 Siderf. 371 Poph. 133; Godolph. Orph. Leg. 258; 2 Brownl. 
  119; 2 Fonbl. Eq. book 4, pt. 2, c. 1, Sec. 3; Ayl. Parer. 145 Nelson's Ab. 
  h.t.; Dane's Ab. c. 223, a. 15, Sec. 2, and a. 8, Sec. 22. See 2 Chit. Pr. 
  502, note b, for a form. 
  
  

















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