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Caveat is Latin for "beware". [1] In Australian property law and other jurisdictions using the Torrens title system, a caveat is a warning that someone other than the owner claims some right over or nonregistered interest in the property .
Caveat lector is a Latin phrase meaning "let the reader beware". [9] It means that when reading something, the reader should take careful note of the contents, and undertake due diligence on whether the contents are accurate, relevant, reliable and so forth.
At least in the United States, the principle of caveat emptor ("let the buyer beware") was held for many years to govern sales. As the idea of an implied warranty of habitability began to find purchase, however, issues like the stigma attached to a property based on acts, "haunting", or criminal activity began to make their way into legal precedents.
Most experts agree it's okay to have sex if you’re sleeping over at a relative’s house for the holidays or have overnight guests in your own home — with some caveats: (Photo illustration ...
The Caveat is dedicated to Bess of Hardwick, although that does not mean that she was known personally to Harman. There are literary precursors to the Caveat, including John Awdeley's The Fraternity of Vagabonds (1561), of which Harman was aware. It was written in a period when the government in England was increasingly concerned with the ...
But there was a bit of a caveat: “The clients’ taste for furniture and decor leaned much more contemporary, which was a challenge for me to blend seamlessly with the architectural details ...
In 2006, Donna Schwartzbauer spent $15,000 on what she thought was a nice plot of land in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh.She decided to build a house on it and make it her ...
Seixas & Seixas v. Woods [1] 2 Cai. R. 48 [2] (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1804) was an 1804 American case which contributed to precedent around the doctrine of caveat emptor.The plaintiff Seixas & Seixas purchased wood from the defendant and alleged that he had been delivered a lower grade of wood than he had contracted to purchase.