Brewer's: Caveat

(3 syl.) To enter a caveat. To give legal notice that the opponent is not to proceed with the suit in hand until the party giving the notice has been heard; to give a warning or admonition.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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