The action of filing or adding a caveat; providing warnings, conditions, or qualifications to a statement or legal action.
Present participle of 'caveat' (from Latin 'caveat', 'let him beware'), describing the ongoing action of adding or expressing a warning.
Lawyers spend hours 'caveating' their advice—they add phrases like 'unless,' 'however,' and 'subject to'—because one overlooked condition could cost their client thousands of dollars.
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