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Citatio

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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