citator

English

Etymology

From Latin citator, agent noun of citare (“to cite”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

citator (plural citators)

1. (law) An index of citations of legal cases and other sources
   • 1980, Robert Stuart Lorch, Democratic Process and Administrative Law‎^[1], →ISBN, page 70:

     A citator will tell you the history and treatment of a case or of a statute or constitutional provision.

2. (obsolete) One who makes a citation; a citer or citor
   • 1797, “Proceedings of the Vhemic or Westphalian Court”, in Annual Register‎^[2], page 440:

     Should the perfon who is summoned conceal himself, letters are written to those among whom he is hid, signifying that he ought to surrender himself at a given time and place ; and if he has taken an asylum in a fortified castle, the citator goes either by night or by day, on foot or on horseback, cuts out three slips from a wooden rail, and places in the incision a coin and the writ of citation.

Related terms

• citatorial
• citer
• citor

See also

• Shepardize
• citator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ricotta, ricotta, tarotic

Latin

Verb

citātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of citō