loc. cit.

adverb

In the work (of the author specified) previously cited.

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Meanings

adverbloc. cit. (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the work (of the author specified) previously cited.

    See Greer, (1973), loc. cit., 206.

    1988, Clive Walker, The Prevention of Terrorism in British Law, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 132

Origin

Abbreviation of Latin loco citato (“in the place cited”).

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Translations

German a. a. O.
  • a. a. O.in the work previously cited
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APA

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