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Bewared, expended. Before the Britons and Saxons had introduced the general use of money, they traded chiefly by exchange of wares....
caveat
caveat [Latin, may he/she beware] 1 a : a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices b : an explanation to prevent a misinterpretation 2 : a notice to a court or judicial officer to suspend a proceeding until the opposition can be heard [a entered in the probate court to stop the proving of the will] caveat vb ...
caveat emptor
caveat emptor [New Latin, may the buyer beware] : a principle in commercial transactions: without a warranty the buyer takes the risk as to the condition of the property or goods compare products liability at liability, warranty ...
Beware
To be on ones guard to be cautious to take care commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided...
Caveat actor
Caveat actor. The Criminal Law of England supposes that a man intends the natural and probable consequences of his act. But in civil matters there is no rule of common law that a man 'acts at his peril,' except the case of one who harbours or collects a dangerous thing, or anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, Rylands v. Fletcher, (1866) LR 1 Ex. 265; (1868) LR 3 HL 330; with that exception in which nothing short of an act of God, or the victim's default, will excuse him, if a person suffers injury he must found his action either on contract or tort, e.g., trespass or negligence on the part of the defendant. This is the theory of the law, though in practice a very small amount of malice or negligence will suffice. See Malice and Res Ipsa Loquitur.Let the doer, or actor, beware, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 215....
Caveat emptor
Caveat emptor. Hob. 99.--(Let the purchaser beware.)The rule of 'caveat emptor' as to purchase of goods and animals with its existing modifications was thrown into statutory shape by s. 14 of the (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893, by which 'subject to the provision of this Act and of any statute in that behalf' (as e.g., the (English) Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 45), s. 1), 'there is no implied warranty or condition as to the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods supplied under a contract of sale,' except (1) on a purchase in reliance on the seller's skill; or (2) on a purchase by description from a seller who deals in goods of that description, in which case there is an implied warranty that the goods shall be of merchantable quality; or (3) by usage of trade.As to the implied condition of the right of a seller to sell the goods, see s. 12, ibid....
Caveat viator
Caveat viator (let the traveller beware), meaning that he must use reasonable care for his own safety; but a traveller or passer-by on premises on or over which he has a right to be or to pass is entitled to be protected from the negligence of those who are under some duty to passers-by or users of the premises. The degree of duty varies according to whether the victim of the accident has a contract involving care or even absolute assurance or warranty on the part of the defendant in regard to the soundness of the premises or otherwise, or whether the plaintiff was a visitor or licensee. See Indermaur v. Dames, (1866) LR 1 CP 274, Latham v. Johnson, 1913 (1) KB 398, and Norman v. Great Western Railway Company, 1915 (1) KB 584 (2) CP 311. The case of a trespasser is quite different, but even then the owner of the land or person in possession has no right to lay a trap for him or commit any other wilful injury, see Bird v. Holbrook, (1828) 4 Bing 628, with that exception, the owner of th...
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