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  • CAUTIONE ADMITTENDA
    In English ecclesiastical law. A writ that lies against a bishop who holds an excommunicated person in prison for contempt notwithstanding he offers sufficient caution or security to obey the orders and commandment of the church for the future. Reg. Orig. 66; Cowell.
  • CAUTIONER
    In Scotch law. A surety; a bondsman. One who binds himself in a bond with the principal for greater security. He Is still a cautioner whether the bond be to pay a debt or whether he undertake to produce the person of the party for whom he is bound. Bell.
  • CAUTIONNEMENT
    In French law. The same as becoming surety in English law.
  • CAUTIONRY
    In Scotch law. Suretyship.
  • CAVEAT
    Lat. Let him beware. A formal notice or warning given by a party interested to a court judge, or ministerial officer against the performance of certain acts within his power and jurisdiction. This process may be used in the proper courts to prevent (temporarily or provisionally) the proving of a More...
  • CAVEAT ACTOR
    Let the doer, or actor, beware.
  • CAVEAT EMPTOR
    Let the buyer take care. This maxim summarizes the rule that the purchaser of an article must examine, judge, and test it for himself, being bound to discover any obvious defects or imperfections. Miller v. Tiffany, 1 Wall. 309, 17 L. Ed. 540; Barnard v. Kellogg, 10 Wall. 388,19 Lt More...
  • CAVEAT VENDITOR
    In Roman law. A maxim, or rule, casting the responsibility for defects or deficiencies upon the seller of goods, and expressing the exact opposite of the common law rule of caveat emptor. See Wright v. Hart, 18 Wend. (N. Y.) 449. In English and American jurisprudence. Caveat venditor is sometimes More...
  • CAVEAT VIATOR
    Let the traveler beware. This phrase has been used as a concise expression of the duty of a traveler on the highway to use due care to detect and avoid defects In tbe way. Cornwell v. Com'rs, 10 Exch. 771, 774.
  • CAVEATOR
    One who flies a caveat. Cavendnm est a fragmentis. Beware of fragments. Bac. Apb. 26.
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