Cavan
a county in the province of Ulster, Ireland, having Longford and Westmeath on the S., Fermanagh and Monaghan on the N., Louth on the E., and Leitrim on the W. Area, 746 square miles. It is traversed by a number of rivers, of which the chief are the Blackwater, the Erne, the Annalee, and the CAVEAT Woodford. The county is also interspersed by several lakes, Ramor , Sheelin , Gowna, and Oughter. The main crops are oats and potatoes, the ground being too wet and cold for diversified agriculture, although there is good grazing in the higher portions. The manufacture of linen and the distilling of whiskey are the chief industries. Pop. about 90,000, of whom about four-fifths are Catholics. The county sends two members to Parliament. The town of Cavan (pop. about 3,000) is the business center and county-seat.
CAVEAT (L., "let him beware"), in law, a process in a court to stop proceedings, as to prevent the enrollment of a decree in chancery in order to gain time to present a petition of appeal to the Lord-Chancellor. In the United States this name is given to a notice lodged in the patent-office by a person who wishes to patent an invention, but desires to be protected till he has perfected it. It stands good for a year, and may be renewed. See PATENT.