1. Noun
A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc.
2. Noun
A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention.
3. Noun
Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
4. Noun
A warning or proviso of specific stipulations.
5. Noun
An important condition or warning attached to a claim.
A warning, qualification or condition that limits a statement or conclusion.
“The conclusion includes a caveat about the small sample.”
6. Noun
(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"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
7. Noun
a warning against certain acts; "a caveat against unfair practices"
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
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