Caveat

(Let him beware.) A formal notice to a court or a judicial or ministerial officer not to do some act, or not without notice to the "caveator." It is filed by the party having interest in the matter, to prevent the enrolment of a decree in Chancery when an appeal is contemplated, to prevent the probate of wills, granting letters of administration, letters patent, a patent for lands, and in other cases. Caveat emptor: let the purchaser take care. [In the absence of warranty or special covenant, the seller guarantees neither title nor quality of the goods or lands.] Caveat emptor, qui ignorare non debuit quod jus alienum emit: let the buyer take care, who ought not to be ignorant that he is buying another's right.