signals
n. (引用、援用)指示;标号 在援用或引用权威法律着作或判例时对所援用的部分起简短指示作用的标号。如在「See generally Dresser, Ulysses and the Psychiatrists: A Legal and Policy Analysis of the Voluntary Commitment Contract, 16 Harv.C.R.-C.L.L. Rev. 777 (1982)」,「See, e.g., Bishop Processing Co. v. Davis, 213 Md. 465,132 A. 2d 445 (1957)」,「Cf. 20 Am. Jur. 2d Courts §92 (1965).」「Contra W. Prosser, Law of Torts §34, at 180 (4th ed. 1971).」等例中,「see generally」、「see, e.g.」、「cf.」及「contra」即这样的指示符号或文字,以表明援用者所援用的权威性着作、判例等,用以支持其论辩。