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ca·ve·at

 (kăv′ē-ät′, kä′vē-, kā′vē-ăt′)
n.
1.
a. A warning or caution: made a recommendation with many caveats.
b. A qualification or explanation.
2. Law A formal notice filed by an interested party requesting postponement of a court proceeding or other action until the filer can be heard.
v. ca·ve·at·ed, ca·ve·at·ing, ca·ve·ats or ca·ve·at·ted or ca·ve·at·ting
v.intr. Law
To submit a caveat.
v.tr.
1. Law To make a caveat to (a will, for example).
2. Informal To qualify with a warning or clarification: The spokesperson caveated the statement with a reminder that certain facts were still unknown.

[From Latin, let him beware, third person sing. present subjunctive of cavēre, to beware.]

cav′e·a·tor n.
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caveat

(ˈkeɪvɪˌæt; ˈkæv-)
n
1. (Law) law a formal notice requesting the court or officer to refrain from taking some specified action without giving prior notice to the person lodging the caveat
2. a warning; caution
[C16: from Latin, literally: let him beware]
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ca•ve•at

(ˈkæv iˌɑt, -ˌæt, ˈkɑ vi-, keɪ-)

n.
1. a warning or caution; admonition.
2. a legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing.
[< Latin: may (he, she) beware]
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caveat

A designator used with a classification to further limit the dissemination of restricted information.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

caveat

a legal notice to beware; a notice placed on file until the caveator can be heard. — caveator, n. — caveatee, n.
See also: Law
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.caveat - a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices"
warning - a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode"
2.caveat - (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"
notice - an announcement containing information about an event; "you didn't give me enough notice"; "an obituary notice"; "a notice of sale
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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caveat

noun warning, caution, admonition, qualification, proviso, reservation, condition He added the caveat that all the figures in the survey were suspect.
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caveat

noun
Advice to beware, as of a person or thing:
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Translations
advarsel
varoitus
varning

caveat

[ˈkævɪæt] Nadvertencia f (Jur) → advertencia f de suspensión
to enter a caveathacer una advertencia
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caveat

[ˈkæviæt ˈkeɪviæt] nmise f en gardecave dweller nhomme m des cavernes, troglodyte mcave-in [ˈkeɪvɪn] n [roof] → effondrement m
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caveat

nVorbehalt m; to enter a caveat (Jur) → Einspruch einlegen
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caveat

[ˈkævɪˌæt] nammonimento, avvertimento
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This seems worth considering, in light of the fact that well after the release of Letter Ruling 9415012, caveated Sec.