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Citation Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement [syn: commendation]
(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation]
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote]
a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

Citation Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation. This horse load of citations and fathers. --Milton.
Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
(Law) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.

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Case citation: Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court case s, either in special series of books called ...
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Citation (horse): Citation (April 11, 1945–August 8, 1970) was the eighth American Triple Crown winner, and one of three major North American Thoroughbred ...
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Chevrolet Citation: The Chevrolet Citation was a compact car sold by the Chevrolet brand of American automaker General Motors (GM) for model year s 1980- ...
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