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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
The word "cite" is short for "citation." We lawyers use the word to refer to authority, not to split fine hairs about the nature of the authority cited.
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You know perfectly well that when you ask for a cite to back up a fact or a proposition that no judge or other lawyer would accept as "authority" a hearsay statement made from an anonymous source. That is not considered an "authority".
