Summons vs. Citation
Summonsnoun
A call to do something, especially to come.
Summonsnoun
(legal) A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
Summonsnoun
(military) A demand for surrender.
Summonsverb
(transitive) To serve someone with a summons.
Summonsnoun
The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.
Summonsnoun
A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.
Summonsnoun
A demand to surrender.
Summonsverb
To summon.
Summonsnoun
a request to be present;
Summonsnoun
an order to appear in person at a given place and time
Summonsnoun
a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
Summonsverb
call in an official matter, such as to attend court
Summons
A summons (also known in England and Wales as a claim form and in the Australian state of New South Wales as a court attendance notice (CAN)) is a legal document issued by a court (a judicial summons) or by an administrative agency of government (an administrative summons) for various purposes.
Citationnoun
An official summons or notice given to a person to appear.
Citationnoun
The paper containing such summons or notice.
Citationnoun
The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his/her own words.
Citationnoun
An entry in a list of source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
Citationnoun
The passage or words quoted; quotation.
Citationnoun
Enumeration; mention.
Citationnoun
A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
Citationnoun
A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.
Citationnoun
An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
Citationnoun
The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.
Citationnoun
Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
Citationnoun
A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
Citationnoun
an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
Citationnoun
(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
Citationnoun
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage;
Citationnoun
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Citationnoun
a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
Citationnoun
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948
Citation
A citation is a reference to a source. More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression embedded in the body of an intellectual work that denotes an entry in the bibliographic references section of the work for the purpose of acknowledging the relevance of the works of others to the topic of discussion at the spot where the citation appears.
