ca|ve|at

ca|ve|at «KAV ee aht, -at; KAY vee at», noun.

1. a legal notice given to a law officer or some legal authority not to do something until the person giving notice can be heard: »

He entered a caveat against issuing a patent.

2. Figurative. a warning; admonition; caution: »

Although [she] cites these opinions with apparent agreement, this reviewer wants to enter a caveat (Scientific American).

╂[< Latin caveat let him beware]