Re-cit'al, n.

n. [From recite.] 1. The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a writing; rehearsal; as, the recital of a deed; the recital of testimony.

2. A telling of the particulars of any thing, as of a law, of an adventure, or of a series of events; narration. Addison.
3. That which is recited; a story; a narration.
4. (Law.) The formal statement or setting forth of some matter of fact in any deed or writing, in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading, introductory to some positive allegation. Craig. Burn.