caveat

  1. Noun.  a warning.
  2. Noun.  a qualification or exception.
  3. Noun.  (legal) a notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
  4. Noun.  (legal) a formal notice of interest in land, under a Torrens land-title system.
  5. Verb.  To qualify a particular statement with a proviso or caveat.
  6. Verb.  (legal) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land, under a Torrens land-title system.
  7. Verb.  (legal, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
  8. Verb.  (obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.

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