(n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc.
(n.) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention.
(n.) Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
Example Sentences:
(1) Despite the fact that this approach has several caveats, consistent results obtained in short-term studies would more readily justify the undertaking of a large-scale, long-term controlled study using colon cancer or adenomatous polyp recurrence as an endpoint.
(2) In this article we discuss important issues and caveats in the performance of selective termination for abnormal members of multifetal gestations.
(3) One of his principal worries is up front, where his main man is Michal Duris, who has scored plenty of goals for Viktoria Plzen in the Czech league this season but it is easy to add the caveat that it is only the Czech league.
(4) The evidence increasingly shows that monetary policy, broadly defined and effectively deployed, can work, but with two caveats.
(5) Caveats for future translations include the necessity for constant attention to translation refinements and for utilizing native ASL users with appropriate training in psychology as signers.
(6) "When, not withstanding any caveats or prior assurances, there is still considered to be a real possibility of mistreatment and therefore there is considered to be a risk that the agencies' actions could be judged to be unlawful, the actions may not be taken without authority at a senior level.
(7) One of the two patients with active osteomyelitis at the time of vascularized bone transfer had complications from recurrent sepsis, leading to the authors' caveat that vascularized bone transfer should be deferred until such time as sepsis is inactive.
(8) An RAC spokeswoman said the group was "comfortable in principle" but with some caveats.
(9) Physicians and medical ethicists in particular may wish to consider the caveats noted by David Thomasma, PhD.
(10) The caveat was the breakaway goal Jesús Navas scored at Goodison.
(11) From Brussels our Europe editor, Ian Traynor , provides this analysis of this morning's events: The eurozone permanent bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, has been given a green light to come into force two months later than planned following the supreme court decision in Karlsruhe which arrived with much more lenient caveats than had been predicted.
(12) Further, a wide variety of caveats related to this technique are reviewed including cerebral and extracerebral sources of artifact.
(13) Both arguments draw on subject matter in psychoanalysis, physics, evolutionary biology, common-sense psychology, history, and medicine to arrive at a fundamental caveat for all of the sciences: Even when the thematic kinship (or so-called "meaning connection") between events is indeed of very high degree, this fact itself does not license the inference of a causal linkage between these events.
(14) A caveat was that the subjective norm was measured by only one item, and an improved conceptualization and measurement of this construct might have changed the relationship.
(15) Despite these caveats, it appears that blood pressure control may have played a role in CHD mortality trends; further impact of newer antihypertensive agents is likely.
(16) Caveats aside, an excursion at this stage in any direction away from the top-line national number and into the underlying demographics would seem discouraging for Trump.
(17) Still, despite that caveat, it's impossible not to acknowledge that once the talking heads shut up and the actual games start, these meetings actually seem to live into the hype.
(18) The policy generally adopts a view that removals can only occur once a claim for protection in Australia has been refused, but it contains several caveats.
(19) The clinical caveat emerging from these observations is that every attempt should be made to avoid prescribing drugs which possess cyclooxygenase inhibitory activity to patients with decompensated liver disease who are sodium-avid.
(20) Calorie-obsessed caveats and warnings about healthier, higher-fat choices such as nuts, phenolic-rich vegetable oils, yoghurt, and even perhaps cheese, should also be dropped.
Loophole
Definition:
(n.) A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.
(n.) A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion.
Example Sentences:
(1) And this has opened up a loophole for businesses to be morally bankrupt, ignoring the obligations to its workforce because no legal conduct has been established.” Whatever the outcome of the pending lawsuits, it’s unlikely that just one model will work for everybody.
(2) "If there is some kind of contrived scheme or vehicle, ie it's obvious that the purpose of the scheme is to avoid paying VAT and it's taking advantage of a loophole and we consider that tax is actually owed on the scheme, rather than just being a case of sensible tax planning … we can make the judgment that this is not legitimate tax planning.
(3) We need to stop making excuses for them: But it is up to the state to close the loopholes Yes, the state must work continually to tighten and simplify the tax regime, which is a deliberate mess keeping an entire industry of accounting firms and tax lawyers fed.
(4) Above all, Addis could help close tax loopholes that allow multinational companies to report profits in tax havens – rather than where their workforces, assets or sales are.
(5) The emails appear to show Heritage Oil’s attempt to use a tax loophole to avoid a huge capital gains tax bill.
(6) Chris Tailby, director of the HMRC anti-avoidance group from 2004-09, wrote: "Savings from closing tax avoidance loopholes are likely to produce rather less than Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats suggest.
(7) The Double Irish loophole allows US companies, mostly in the technology and pharmaceutical sectors, to reduce their effective tax bill far below Ireland’s already generous 12.5% corporate tax rate by shifting most of their taxable income from an operating company in Ireland to another Irish-registered firm located in an offshore tax haven, such as Bermuda.
(8) It is time to care about the NHS so that doctors, nurses, care workers, midwives are able to spend proper time with us – and not to be rushed off their feet.” However, the Tories said the plan to raise £2.5bn contained an £850m black hole since two of Labour’s loophole measures would raise no revenue.
(9) "It would be catastrophic for the world not to close these loopholes.
(10) People who only watch BBC shows on catchup will be legally required to have a TV licence from 1 September, when new legislation to close the so-called “iPlayer loophole” comes into force .
(11) We brought in more than £1bn from the first year of applying accelerated payments to avoidance cases and have closed many loopholes and secured tough new enforcement powers.” • This article was amended on 4 November 2015 to add a statement from HMRC which was received after publication.
(12) Carney went further, saying that Obama was also considering support for the closure of a loophole that allows easy sale at gun shows.
(13) And let’s close the loopholes that lead to inequality by allowing the top one percent to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth.
(14) The overview confirms prior reports that the White House would ask for cuts to Social Security and Medicare while closing tax loopholes for top earners.
(15) Nearly 50 MPs have already signed a parliamentary early day motion in support of closing the planning loopholes .
(16) A number of human rights groups immediately pointed to what they said were serious loopholes, however, and the EHRC began judicial review hearings.
(17) For the next 24 hours, media attention switched away from Labour’s clampdown on tax loopholes and towards Fallon’s outburst.
(18) The current TPA bill comes with a big loophole: if Congress feels the TPP doesn’t meet its expectations, it can revoke the TPA and try to change the terms of the trade agreement.
(19) Wisconsin allowed representative Paul Ryan a similar loophole in 2012, as has Delaware for vice-president Joe Biden, precedents that Paul alluded to: “This idea did not originate with me, or even in this current cycle.” Paul made his ambitions plain as he pleaded to be made an exception.
(20) Athens delayed a payment to the IMF earlier this month, saying it would take advantage of a technical loophole, allowing it to “bundle” three tranches into a single €1.6bn payment.