Caveat emptor Caveat emptor Caveat emptor (, ) is Latin for "Let the buyer beware" (from "caveat", "may he beware", a subjunctive form of "cavēre", "to beware" + "ēmptor", "buyer"). Generally, "caveat emptor" is the contract law principle that controls the sale of real property after the date of closing, but may also apply to sales of other goods. The phrase "caveat emptor" and its use as a disclaimer of warranties arise from the fact that buyers typically have less information about the good or service they are purchasing, while the seller has more information. The quality of this situation is known
Beware of the Dog (Millennium) The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen", awarded "Beware of the Dog" one-and-a-half stars out of five. Shearman felt the episode was so similar to "The X-Files" that it gave the impression that "Millennium" had "lost its own identity". He found that the script contained "enough wit in the dialogue" but that its plot seemed too "vague and elliptical". Writing for the "Star Tribune", Bill Ward felt that the episode featured a "lighter" tone than usual, comparing it to "The X-Files". Ward described the episode as taking "some nice turns en route to an ambivalent semiresolution". Beware of the Dog