Cavendum Est A Fragmentis
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Beware of fragments. Bac. Aph. 26. CAVE RE (Lat.)
In the civil and common law. To take care; to exercise caution. See "Caveat Emptor." To take care or provide for; to prove by law. Cavetur, provision is made, a remedy is given. Inst. 4. 3. 13. Cautum est, it is provided or enacted. Inst. 3. 8. 2; Id. 4. 3, pr. To provide against; to forbid by law. Inst. 1. 25. 13. To give security. Nisi caveant tutores et curatores, etc. Inst. 1. 24. 3. Cautum, secured. Dig. 50. 16. 188. 1., To give caution or security on arrest. Clerke, Prax. tit, 4. cavers; Offenders with respect to the mines in Derbyshire, who are punishable in the Berghmote or miners' court. Jacob.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910