term "caveat" - Indian Laws - General

term caveat As per Krishna Kumar Birla vs Rajendra Singh Lodha and ors.- 2008 (3) TMI 741 - SUPREME COURT Caveat has been defined in Random House Webster's Dictionary of the Law as under: caveat, n. 1, a warning or caution; admonition. In certain legal contexts, a formal notice of interest in a matter or property; for example, a notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing ; a caveat filed against the probate of a will.