The Latin-origin word indicates a notice requiring the court or officer to abstain from proceeding with an action without considering to hear the person lodging the caveat out.
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Where an application is about to be lodged or has been lodged in a litigation or proceeding initiated or is about to be lodged in a Court, any person requesting the right to appear before the Court at the hearing of such a request may provide a caveat concerning it.
Case Law
Nirmal Chand Vs Girindra Narayan, AIR 1978 Calcutta 492
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