citation

P771
predicate

Indicates that one entity references, quotes, or otherwise acknowledges another entity as a source of information or authority.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
citation canonical 1,301
citedBy 527
citedIn 395

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: citation
Generated description
Indicates that one entity references, quotes, or otherwise acknowledges another entity as a source of information or authority.

Sample triples (3,182)

Subject Object
United States v. Nixon 418 U.S. 683 ⓘ
United States v. Nixon Clinton v. Jones via predicate surface "citedBy" ⓘ
United States v. Nixon Trump v. Vance via predicate surface "citedBy" ⓘ
United States v. Nixon Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia via predicate surface "citedBy" ⓘ
Privileges and Immunities Clause Privileges and Immunities Clause self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Const. art. IV, § 2, cl. 1
Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 1975 c. 27 (UK public general act numbering) via predicate surface "isCitedAs" ⓘ
Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems Shannon 1949 secrecy paper via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ
Stat. session laws of the U.S. Congress via predicate surface "usedToCite" ⓘ
Stat. slip laws compiled in Statutes at Large via predicate surface "usedToCite" ⓘ
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson
163 U.S. 537 ⓘ
Traité de la lumière foundational work in wave optics via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ
De ratiociniis in ludo aleae historical studies of probability theory via predicate surface "citedIn" ⓘ
Atomic Energy Act of 1946 60 Stat. 755 ⓘ
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 50 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq. ⓘ
U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq. ⓘ
McCulloch v. Maryland 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 ⓘ
Arizona v. United States 567 U.S. 387 ⓘ
Hines v. Davidowitz 312 U.S. 52 ⓘ
Hines v. Davidowitz 61 S. Ct. 399 ⓘ
Hines v. Davidowitz 85 L. Ed. 581 ⓘ
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. 301 U.S. 1 ⓘ
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States 379 U.S. 241 ⓘ
Obergefell v. Hodges 576 U.S. 644 ⓘ
Obergefell v. Hodges 135 S. Ct. 2584 ⓘ
Obergefell v. Hodges 192 L. Ed. 2d 609 ⓘ
Statute of Westminster 1931 22 Geo. 5 c. 4 ⓘ
Jane Roe Roe v. Wade via predicate surface "caseCitation" ⓘ
surface form: Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
The Federalist No. 33 constitutional scholars via predicate surface "citedBy" ⓘ
The Federalist No. 33 U.S. courts in constitutional interpretation via predicate surface "citedBy" ⓘ
Reynolds v. United States 98 U.S. 145 ⓘ
Wisconsin v. Yoder 406 U.S. 205 ⓘ
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah 508 U.S. 520 ⓘ
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission 584 U.S. ___ (2018) ⓘ
Massachusetts Reports volume number + Mass. + page number via predicate surface "hasCitationFormat" ⓘ
Amoris laetitia Familiaris consortio via predicate surface "cites" ⓘ
Amoris laetitia Gaudium et Spes via predicate surface "cites" ⓘ
surface form: Gaudium et spes
Amoris laetitia Humanae vitae via predicate surface "cites" ⓘ
Amoris laetitia Catechism of the Catholic Church via predicate surface "cites" ⓘ
Amoris laetitia Relatio finalis of the Synod of Bishops on the Family via predicate surface "cites" ⓘ
Presidential Records Act 44 U.S.C. Chapter 22 ⓘ
Chiafalo v. Washington 591 U.S. ___ (2020) via predicate surface "hasCitation" ⓘ
Bolling v. Sharpe (argued separately, decided same day)
surface form: Bolling v. Sharpe
347 U.S. 497 ⓘ
Miranda v. Arizona 384 U.S. 436 ⓘ
Federal Reserve Act of 1913 Pub.L. 63–43 ⓘ
Ware v. Hylton 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 199 ⓘ
Gonzales v. Raich 545 U.S. 1 ⓘ
Gonzales v. Raich 125 S. Ct. 2195 ⓘ
Gonzales v. Raich 162 L. Ed. 2d 1 ⓘ
The Federalist Papers Supreme Court of the United States via predicate surface "citedBy" ⓘ
surface form: United States Supreme Court
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 47–390 (consolidated version) via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ