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Quotation : (noun)
1: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a
quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list
several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are
usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article
includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation,
acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention]
2: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quote,
citation]
3: a statement of the current market price of a security or
commodity
4: the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he
lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Quotation : \Quo*ta"tion\, n. [Based on Quote.]
1. The act of quoting or citing.
2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing
named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
--Locke.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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QUOTATION, rights. The transcript of a part of a book or writing from a book
or paper into another.
2. If theQuotation : is fair, and not so extensive as to extract the
whole value or the most valuable part of an author, it will not be a
violation of the copyright. It is mostly difficult to define what is a fair
quotation. When the quotation is unfair, an injunction will lie to restrain
the publication. See 17 Ves. 424; 1 Bell's Com. 121, 5th ed.
3. "That part of a work of one author found in another," observed Lord
Ellenborough, "is not of itself piracy, or sufficient to support an action;
a man may adopt part of the work of another; he may so make use of another's
labors for the promotion of science, and the benefit of the public." 5 Esp.
N. P. C. 170; 1 Campb. 94. See Curt. on Copyr. 242; 3 Myl. & Cr. 737, 738;
17 Ves. 422; 1 Campb. 94; 2 Story, R. 100; 2 Beav. 6, 7; Abridgment;
Copyright.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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QUOTATION, practice. The allegation of some authority or case, or passage of
some law, in support of a position which it is desired to establish.
2. Quotations when properly made, assist the reader, but when
misplaced, they are inconvenient. As to the manner of quoting or citing
authorities, see Abbreviations; Citations.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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