English Dictionary

caveat

/ˈkævɪæt/

noun

A warning. / A qualification or exemption. / (law) A formal objection. / (law) A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.

I would like to add a caveat before we proceed.

意味（1）

A warning.

There is at least one caveat in cultivation: you’ll have to stick to only one discipline, such as that according to Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha.

意味（2）

A qualification or exemption.

He gave his daughter some hyacinth bulbs with the caveat that she plant them in the shade.

意味（3）

(law) A formal objection.

意味（4）

(law) A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.

The necessity for caveats arise in two cases: one class of caveats is prohibitory as regards some contemplated dealing or transaction affecting the property described in the caveat; while another class of caveats arises out of adverse claims to the land itself, or to some estate or interest in the land.

意味（5）

(law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.