Caveat emptor by phone, also have a statutory "cooling off" period of fourteen calendar days during which the purchase contract can be cancelled and treated as if not done. Although no longer applied in consumer law, the principle of "caveat emptor" is generally held to apply to transactions between businesses unless it can be shown that the seller had a clear information advantage over the buyer that could not have been removed by carrying out reasonable due diligence. "Caveat venditor" is Latin for "let the seller beware." In the landmark case of "MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co." (1916), New York Court Appeals
Beware of the Dog (short story) Beware of the Dog (short story) "Beware of the Dog" is a 1944 World War II story by Roald Dahl which was originally published in "Harper's Magazine" and later appeared in his "" collection. Its basic plot was adapted into the 1965 movie "36 Hours", starring James Garner and Rod Taylor, and the TV movie "Breaking Point" in 1989. Pilot Peter Williamson has sustained a massive injury while flying a mission over Vichy France (the name given to the German-controlled areas of the country). He ejects from the plane and later awakes to find himself in a hospital bed in