Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Caveat emptor
Let the buyer beware.
Caveat emptor qui ignorare non debuit quod jus alienum emit
Let the buyer beware; for he ought not act in ignorance when he buys what another has right to.
Caveat venditor
Let the seller beware.
Caveat viator
Let the traveler beware.
Caveator
One who files a caveat, esp. to challenge the validity of a will; CONTESTANT.
caveat
[Latin "let him or her beware"] 1. A warning or proviso <he sold the car to his friend with the caveat that the brakes might need repairs>.
caveat actor
[Latin] Let the doer, or actor, beware.
caveat emptor
See CAVEAT.
caveat venditor
[Latin] Let the seller beware.
caveat viator
[Latin "let the traveler beware"]. The duty of a traveler on a highway to use due care to detect and avoid defects in the way.2. A formal notice or warning given by a party to a court or court officer requesting a suspension of proceedings <the decedent's daughter filed a caveat stating the facts on which her will contest is based>. 3. Under the Torrens system of land titles, a formal notice of an unregistered interest in land. 0 Once lodged with the register of deeds, this notice prevents the register from recording any dealing affecting the estate or the interest claimed. See TOR, RENS SYSTEM. - caveat, vb.
caveatable
adj. Of or relating to a legal or equitable interest that is protectable by a caveat. See CAVEAT (2), (3).
caveatee
One whose interest is challenged by a caveat.