cautio

cautiō ōnis, f

1 CAV-, wariness, precaution, caution, heedfulness, circumspection : horum vitiorum una cautio est, ut ne, etc.: tua cautio nostra cautio est, i. e. your safety : ne resciscat cautiost, i. e. one must take care , T.: ei mihi ne corrumpantur cautiost, I must take care , T.: habet multas cautiones, i. e. (the subject) has many difficulties : quae cautionem non habebant, could not be guarded against .—In law, security, bond, warranty, bail : chirographi, in writing : hunc omni cautione devinxerat, pledge .