Citatio
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A citation or summons to court. Skene de Verb. Sign. voc. "Adjurnatus." CITATIO AD REASSUMENDAM CAUSam.
In civil law. The name of a citation, which issued when a party died pending a suit, against the heir of the defendant, or, when the plaintiff died, for the heir of the
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat A citation or summons to court.
— Citatio ad reassumendam causam. A summons to take up the cause. A process, in the cjvil law, which issued when one of the parlies to a suit died, before its determination, for the plaintiff against the defendant's heir, or for the plaintiff's heir against the defendant, as the case might be; analogous to a modem bill of revivor. Citatio est de juri naturali. A summons ls by natural right Cases in Banco Regis Wm. III. 45a
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. I. A citation or summons to court.
In the civil law. Citatio ad reassamendam causam: a citation which issued where a party died pending a suit, against the heir of the defendant, or, where the plaintiff died, for the heir of the plaintiff.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Citation; a summons to court; the first process in an ecclesiastical cause.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from citare, to summon.] A citation or summons. See Citation.