Caveat viator

Caveat viator
Let the traveler beware. Cavendum est a fragmentis. Beware of fragments. caver. In Derbyshire, a thief who stole ore from a mine. cavere. To beware; to take care; to be cautious.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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