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(Lat. let him beware). In Practice. A notice not to do an act, given to some officer, ministerial or judicial, by a party having an interest in the matter. It is a formal caution or warning not to do the act mentioned, and is addressed frequently to prevent the admission to probate of wills, the granting letters of administration, etc. 1 Bouv. Inst. 71, 534; 3 Bl. Comm. 246; 2 Chit. Prac. 502, note b; 3 Bin (Pa.) 314; 3 Halst. (N. J.) 139. It is also used to prevent the issuance of a patent for lands. See 9 Grat. (Va.) 508. In Patent Law. A legal notice not to issue a patent of a particular description to any other person without allowing caveator an opportunity to establish his priority of invention. It is filed in the patent office under statutory regulations. This principal object of filing it is to obtain for an inventor time to perfect his invention without the risk of having a patent granted to another person for the same thing. Rev. St. U.S. § 4902.

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(Lat. let him beware). In Practice. A notice not to do an act, given to some officer, ministerial or judicial, by a party having an interest in the matter. It is a formal caution or warning not to do the act mentioned, and is addressed frequently to prevent the admission to probate of wills, the granting letters of administration, etc. 1 Bouv. Inst. 71, 534; 3 Bl. Comm. 246; 2 Chit. Prac. 502, note b; 3 Bin (Pa.) 314; 3 Halst. (N. J.) 139. It is also used to prevent the issuance of a patent for lands. See 9 Grat. (Va.) 508. In Patent Law. A legal notice not to issue a patent of a particular description to any other person without allowing caveator an opportunity to establish his priority of invention. It is filed in the patent office under statutory regulations. This principal object of filing it is to obtain for an inventor time to perfect his invention without the risk of having a patent granted to another person for the same thing. Rev. St. U.S. § 4902.

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Meaning of Caveat

In plain or simple terms, Caveat means: “Let him beware”. A formal warning given by a party to a court or judge against the performance of certain acts within his or her power and jurisdiction.

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