D defs.my
Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Citation

/sīt-āsh'-ən/ · Ci·ta·tion · IPA /ˌsaɪˈteɪʃən/
01 n. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
  1. 1.
    An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
  2. 2.
    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.
  3. 3.
    Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
  4. 4.
    A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.(Law)