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Feb 13, 2012
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ca•ve•at



Pronunciation: (kav'ē-ät", -at", kä'vē-, kā-), [key]
—n.
1. a warning or caution; admonition.
2. Law.a legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing: a caveat filed against the probate of a will.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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