different between caveat vs probate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caveat (“may he beware of”), from cave? (“I beware of”), from Proto-Italic *kaw?? (“to beware, be mindful of”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh?- (“to perceive; to pay attention”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæv?æt/, /?ke?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kævi?t/, /-æt/
• Rhymes: -æt, -??t
• Hyphenation: ca?ve?at

Noun

caveat (plural caveats)

1. A warning.
2. A qualification or exemption.
3. (law) A formal objection.
   1. (law) A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
4. (law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.

Translations

Verb

caveat (third-person singular simple present caveats, present participle caveating or caveatting, simple past and past participle caveated or caveatted)

1. (transitive, regarded by some as nonstandard) To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
2. (transitive, law) To formally object to something.
   1. (transitive, law, specifically) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
3. (transitive, law, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.

Usage notes

The modern use of caveat as a verb meaning “to qualify with a proviso” is often considered awkward or improper.

Derived terms

Related terms

• caveat emptor
• caveat lector
• caveat loan

Translations

See also

• caveating (noun)

References

• Bryan A. Garner, editor (2004) , “caveat”, in Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition, St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, ?ISBN, page 236.
• Bryan A. Garner (2001) , “caveat”, in A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, 2nd edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 140.

Further reading

• caveat (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• vacate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.u?e.at/, [?käu?eät?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.ve.at/, [?k??v??t?]

Verb

caveat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of cave?

Spanish

Noun

caveat m (plural caveats)

1. caveat

English

Etymology

From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???be?t/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /?p???b?t/, /?p???b?t/
• Rhymes: -??be?t

Noun

probate (countable and uncountable, plural probates)

1. (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
2. (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
3. Clipping of probate court.
4. (obsolete) proof

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Skelton to this entry?)

Translations

Verb

probate (third-person singular simple present probates, present participle probating, simple past and past participle probated)

1. (transitive) To establish the legality of (a will).

Derived terms

Related terms

• probe
• probation
• prove

Translations

Further reading

• probate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• probate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Adjective

probate

1. inflection of probat:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Latin

Verb

prob?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of prob?