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Definition :

Citation, a summons to appear, applied particularly to process in the spiritual, probate, and matrimonial courts, see Tristram v. Coote, (English) Probate Pr. And Probate Rules, 1862 and (non-contentious) 1925; a reference to authorities in support of an argument.

A reference to a legal precedent or authority, such as a case, statute or treatise, that either substantiate or contradicts a given position, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.