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cite
Verb
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If you cite people or facts, you write or talk about them to support your point or show where you got your information.
Larkin (1979) cites cases of families who have moved out of regular homes into mobile homes or campers.
Two thirds of the people cited unemployment as the `main issue'.
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If someone is cited by the police, they are ordered to appear before the court.
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You might cite who you got words, ideas, or information from. This would tell other people where to look to see those people did say it.
He cites Deffenbacher (1985) as suggesting that many of the outcomes are negative.
law
Noun
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Laws are the official rules of a government or organisation.
We have defined crime as behaviour which breaks the criminal law.
We believe that this law is wrong and we are not prepared to obey such a law.
The Kyoto treaty became law in 2005.
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The law is the police.
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A law is something that is always true.
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Law is the study of laws.