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Cautioh

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A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Attention to the effect of a thing about to be done; regard to contingencies; forethought; care. See Cautela. i Merchants' Nat. Bank v. Cook, 95 U. S. 346 (1877), cases. Hunt, J.; Dutoher v. Wright, 94 id. S57 (1876) cases; Stucky v. Masonic Bank, 108 id. 74 (1883). ' May V. Hammond, 144 Mass. 152 (1887), cases. ' Grant v. First Nat. Bank of Monmouth, 97 U. S. 81 (1S77), Bradley, J. * Exp. Milligan, 4 Wall. 112 (1866), Davis, J. Cautionary. By way of warning; made or done in anticipation of a change in circumstances; providing for an adverse contingency. Cautionary judgments may sometimes be entered or confessed to bind lands or to charge special bail. Cautionary orders are intended to provide for indemnity against loss by reason of an injunction issued, i