Citation (disambiguation)

See: Publication Referencer, Citation Act, Referenced Quote.

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References

2011

• (Wikipedia, 2011) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_%28disambiguation%29
  • A citation is a credit or reference to another document or source.
  • Citation may also refer to:
    • A citation or notice to appear, a type of summons prepared and served by a law enforcement official
    • A traffic ticket issued by a law enforcement official for allegedly having done something wrong
    • Case citation, the system used in common law countries to uniquely identify the location of past court cases
    • Legal citation, the style of crediting and referencing other documents or sources of authority in legal writing.
    • A type of award, usually given as a formal public announcement
    • …

• (Wiktionary, 2011) ⇒ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/citation

Noun

1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
2. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words.
3. The passage or words quoted; quotation.
4. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
5. A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
6. A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.

Synonyms

• quotation.
• quote

• http://library.fandm.edu/glossary.php
  • Citation: Same as bibliographic citation.

• (Wiktionary, 2011) ⇒ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cite

Verb

1. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
2. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
3. To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court

Derived terms

• citation

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