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  2. Precautionary statement - Wikipedia

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    OSHA 1910.145 Definition: "May be used to represent a hazard level between "Caution" and "Danger," instead of the required "Caution" tag, provided that they have a signal word of "Warning," an appropriate major message, and otherwise meet the general tag criteria of paragraph (f)(4) of this section." [2]

  3. Caution - Wikipedia

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    Caution may refer to: Prudence; A precautionary statement, describing a potential hazard; A police caution, an alternative to prosecution for a criminal offence in some countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia; A statement read by a police officer to a suspect to inform them of their rights, in particular to silence. See e.g.:

  4. Precautionary principle - Wikipedia

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    The concept "precautionary principle" is generally considered to have arisen in English from a translation of the German term Vorsorgeprinzip in the 1970s in response to forest degradation and sea pollution, where German lawmakers adopted clean air act banning use of certain substances suspected in causing the environmental damage even though evidence of their impact was inconclusive at that ...

  5. Watch vs. warning or advisory; Here's how they are different ...

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    What's the difference between weather warnings and watches? What is an advisory? Here are weather safety terms you need to know.

  6. Probable cause - Wikipedia

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    The usual definition of the probable cause standard includes “a reasonable amount of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong to justify a prudent and cautious person’s belief that certain facts are probably true.” [6] Notably, this definition does not require that the person making the recognition must hold a public office or have public authority, which allows the ...

  7. Cautionary tale - Wikipedia

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    The cautionary tale has survived to the present day in another form, especially with the rise of modern mass media such as film and television; many public service announcements and public information films frame themselves as cautionary tales regarding both societal issues and common dangers in modern life, pushing conformity by warning ...

  8. Barricade tape - Wikipedia

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    Barricade tape across a door in Japan. Barricade tape is brightly colored tape (often incorporating a two-tone pattern of alternating yellow-black or red-white stripes or the words "Caution" or "Danger" in prominent lettering) that is used to warn or catch the attention of passersby of an area or situation containing a possible hazard.

  9. Taqiyya - Wikipedia

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    The term taqiyya is derived from the Arabic triliteral root wāw-qāf-yā denoting "caution, fear", [1] "prudence, guarding against (a danger)", [19] "carefulness, wariness". [20] In the sense of "prudence, fear" it can be used synonymously with the terms tuqa(n) , tuqāt , taqwá , and ittiqāʾ , which are derived from the same root. [ 12 ]