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cite definition - legal

v

To bring forward, provide, or refer to as authority, illustration, precedent, proof, or support.

n

A citation to a statute, judicial decision, treatise, or other legal authority.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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