a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding;
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited;
an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement;
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;
(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.);
