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caveat

Latin. Let him take heed; let him beware. A formal notice or warning to an officer or a court not to do a specified act; as, not to probate a will, grant letters of administration, issue letters-patent for an invention or for land, - until the person procuring the order can be heard in opposition to the contemplated act or proceeding. See Slocum v. Grandin,

Source : William C. Anderson, A Dictionary of Law (1893)

Language : English

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