CAVEAT

caveat. Caveat, n. a law term to prevent farther proceedings, bill, caution, hint, admonition, waring

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‖Ca″ve‐at (?), n. [[L. caved let him beware, pres. subj. of cavere to be on one's guard to, beware.]] 1. 1. (Law) 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. Bouvier.
2. 2. (U. S. Patent Laws) 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.
☞ A caveat is operative for one year only, but may be renewed. 3. 3. Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion. Jeffrey. Caveat emptor [] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i.e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.