Subcite

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To review and verify the citations in an legal article. ambitransitive

    "On June 3, the games began. I joined the long line of two hundred 1Ls to pick up the 650-page packet containing the article to be subcited, the information for the case note, and all the relevant cases."

Example

More examples

"On June 3, the games began. I joined the long line of two hundred 1Ls to pick up the 650-page packet containing the article to be subcited, the information for the case note, and all the relevant cases."

Etymology

From sub- + cite.

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