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