Pig in a poke while the English expression refers to the appearance of the trick. This taught many scammed people the phrase "Caveat Emptor", or "buyer beware" as translated from Latin. In the past, it was common for small farmers to put a pig in a cloth sack to bring it to market for sale. A "poke" is a sack or bag. It has a French origin as "poque" and, like several other French words, its diminutive is formed by adding "-ette" or "-et" — hence "pocket" began life with the meaning "small bag". "Poke" is still in use in several English-speaking places, including
Paulette Caveat Canada to hold public hearings on the proposed Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline (hearings that become known as the Berger Inquiry). Paulette Caveat The "Paulette" Case refers to the filing of a legal caveat concerning the different interpretations of Treaty No. 8 and No. 11 between the Government of Canada and the Denesoline in the Northwest Territories (NWT). In 1973, Fort Smith Chief Francois Paulette, along with sixteen NWT Chiefs, attempted to file a caveat at the land titles office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to gain a legal interest in of land in Northwest Territories, Canada. The Chiefs claimed the land,