Ci-tā'tion, n.

n. [L. Lat. citatio, from citare, to cite, q. v.]

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