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Cite

To notify a person of a proceeding against him or her or to call a person forth to appear in court.

To make reference to a legal authority, such as a case, in a citation.

Cases, statutes, constitutions, treatises, and other similar authorities are cited to support a certain view of law on an issue. When writing a legal brief, an attorney may wish to strengthen his or her position by referring to cases that support what he or she is saying in order to persuade the court to make a ruling favorable for the client.

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Precedent; Stare Decisis.

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v. 1) to make reference to a decision in another case to make a legal point in argument. 2) to give notice of being charged with a minor crime and a date for appearance in court to answer the charge rather than being arrested (usually given by a police officer). (See: citation)

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(Accuse), verb allege, blame, bring a charge, bring an action, call to account, censure, challenge, charge, complain, denounce, discredit, impeach, impute, incriminate, inform against, lodge a commlaint, make a complaint

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(State), verb advance, attest, authenticate, bring forward, certify, circumstantiate, document, enunciate, evidence, evince, exemplify, exhibit, express, give as example, illustrate, indicate, introduce as an example, maintain, make evident, make reference to, manifest, name, point to, predicate, present as proof, prove, quote, recite, refer to, refer to legal authorities, set forth, show, show evidence, show proof, specify, substantiate, use in support of propositions of law
Associated concepts: cite a case as precedence

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John, a fish and wildlife biologist with the Service's CITES Division of Management Authority, can be reached at anne_stjohn@fws.

Cites and free trade agreements

Finally, it might also make sense to cite the book when it contains a collection of articles by the same author, and several of these articles are relevant to the citing paper.

Citing reprinted material

The CITES parties have developed strategies to overcome the

Alternative approaches to the CITES "non-detriment" finding for Appendix II species

The word Wild in the title of the treaty also confuses permit applicants who think only wild-collected animals and plants require CITES permits.

Fact or fiction: CITES and the ESA

Gagnon cites the Vatican II document Gravissimum educationis which stressed that the total school experience of a Catholic school ought to be A inspired by Christianity.

The cultural disintegration of Catholicism in Quebec

In Reforming Teacher Preparation and Licensing: Debating the Evidence (2000), Darling-Hammond cites numerous studies to support the statement: "Knowledge about teaching and learning shows even stronger relationships to teaching effectiveness than subject-matter knowledge.

Positive spin: the evidence for traditional teacher certification, reexamined. (Check the Facts)

Japan and Norway believe that certain stocks of gray and minke whales are healthy enough to be transferred from the CITES Appendix I -- the CITES provision that bans all trade in whales -- to Appendix II, which regulates trade through a licensing system.

CITES head nixes Japan proposal to allow limited whale trade

Distance A-B = (1 - similarity)/(1 - similarity threshold) Similarity = co-cites A-B/sqrt (cites A* cites B)

A Passage Through Science: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries

Granted, this most recent book most probably appeared too late for Kiefer to cite in his study, nor do I expect him to refer to the entire range of my critical works on The Spanish Tragedy, which is only one of the many plays he analyzes.

Writing on the Renaissance Stage: Written Words, Printed Page, Metaphoric Books

Rather, I read this "recognition" as a claim made by women, like McLaughlin's women priests, who cite Jesus.

The risks of repeating ourselves: reading feminist/womanist figures of Jesus

While Moore identifies "montage" and other cinematic techniques used by Wright for his "telescoping of black history" in the text (142-43), he cites William Stott as an authority on the documentary, but Stott actually misread the major collaborative efforts between Wright and Rosskam in the selecting, cropping, and placing of the FSA pictures in the photographic text.

Richard Wright: A Collection of Critical Essays

Moreover, the Plainfield-Union decision cites Illinois Merchants Trust Co.

Tax treatment of asbestos abatement costs: November 6, 1996

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