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Example sentences for "caveat emptor"

  • He seems to have been the first prominent man in the United States to abandon that legal wheeze, "Caveat emptor.

  • Behind that legal Latin maxim, "Caveat emptor," the merchant stood for centuries, safely entrenched.

  • As the values of autographs increase (as they are sure to do) the temptation to forgery becomes greater, and consequently the application of the maxim caveat emptor more urgent.

  • It is now time to consider the application of the legal maxim of caveat emptor to the acquisition of MSS.

  • Caveat emptor" is the only rule by which fair rents may be reached.

  • But it is the lesser injury, the lesser injustice, which cannot be prevented in the long run by any attempt to escape the law of "caveat emptor.

  • There is no proverb more common than that of "caveat emptor.

  • Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from dishonest stony-hearted Rome.

  • Sooner or later the law must interfere, and Caveat emptor falls to the ground.

  • But I say that if my story be right the doctrine of Caveat emptor does not encourage trade.

  • For nearly four thousand years, perhaps longer, caveat emptor ruled the hard world of barter.

  • Caveat emptor has become a phrase thrust out of good merchandising.

  • This rule is called the rule of Caveat Emptor, (let the purchaser beware).

  • Rule of Caveat Emptor, or Let the Purchaser Beware.

  • Does the rule of Caveat Emptor apply if the seller expressly warrants the goods sold?

  • In the absence of a specific warranty the same doctrine applies in this as in any other case," he replied sonorously, "and that is the doctrine of caveat emptor.

  • The doctrine of caveat emptor would apply in that case, too.

  • They are part of our commercial standard--caveat emptor!

  • Ned with a laugh, "Don't throw over 'caveat emptor.

  • Nothing for nothing, not even patriotism, was the modern motto; a cheap loaf and a disintegrated empire--caveat emptor even in the face of war.

  • Caveat emptor was an excellent legal if not absolutely moral axiom; but when men allowed your millions to confuse the issue in their treatment of you, then--then one could wish the millions were not in the equation!


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bare majority; but just; caveat emptor; detective work; each aisle; eternal truth; exchangeable value; great excellence; hill and; international trade; natural enemies; not surprising; paned windows; reigning prince; she writes; square inch; step down; then like; thou canst; ultimate extinction; waste paper; what difference