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