caveat

n.

1. 1. A warning or caution: “A final caveat: Most experts feel that clients get unsatisfactory results when they don't specify clearly what they want” (Savvy).
   2. A qualification or explanation.
2. Law. A formal notice filed by an interested party with a court or officer, requesting the postponement of a proceeding until the filer is heard.

v., -at·ed or -at·ted, -at·ing or -at·ting, -ats or -ats.

v.intr. Law.

To enter a caveat.

v.tr. 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.]

Warning, often written to a potential buyer, to be careful; often offered as a way for the seller or broker to minimize liability for what might otherwise be a deceptive trade practice.

noun

Advice to beware, as of a person or thing: admonishment, admonition, caution, monition, warning. See warn/invite.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

[Latin, Let him beware.] A warning; admonition. A formal notice or warning given by an interested party to a court, judge, or ministerial officer in opposition to certain acts within his or her power and jurisdiction.

Originally, a caveat was a document that could be served on either a judge or a public official to give him or her notice that he or she should discontinue a certain proceeding until an opposing party was given an opportunity to be heard.

Used in the past by someone objecting to the appointment of an executor or administrator of an estate or to the granting of a patent for an invention, the term caveat is rarely used by modern attorneys.

(DOD) A designator used with a classification to further limit the dissemination of restricted information.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - protest, caveat emptor, advarsel, foreløbig patentanmeldelse

idioms:

• caveat emptor    undersøgelsespligt for køber

Nederlands (Dutch)
waarschuwing

Français (French)
n. - mise en garde, (Jur) notification d'opposition

idioms:

• caveat emptor    sans garantie du fournisseur, aux risques de l'acheteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Warnung, Mahnung

idioms:

• caveat emptor    ohne Gewähr

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προειδοποίηση, (νομ.) ανακοπή

idioms:

• caveat emptor    (νομ.) (σε περίπτωση απουσίας εγγύησης) με ευθύνη του αγοραστή

Italiano (Italian)
diffida

idioms:

• caveat emptor    caveat emptor

Português (Portuguese)
n. - embargo (m) de terceiros (Jur.), aviso (m)

idioms:

• caveat emptor    que o comprador se acautele

Русский (Russian)
предостережение

idioms:

• caveat emptor    на страх и риск покупателя

Español (Spanish)
n. - advertencia, aviso

idioms:

• caveat emptor    advertencia al comprador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - protest (jur.), varning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预告, 中止申请, 申请书

idioms:

• caveat emptor    货物既出概不退换

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 預告, 中止申請, 申請書

idioms:

• caveat emptor    貨物既出概不退換

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소송 절차 정지 통고, 발명 특허권 보호 신청

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 予告記載, 警告

idioms:

• caveat emptor    買い主の危険負担, 買い手注意

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انذار, طلب وقف اجراء قانوني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפסקת הליכים‬

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