Sist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sist \Sist\, v. t. [L. sistere to bring to a stand, to stop.]
     1. (Scots Law) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or
        suspend; to stop.
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     2. To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence,


        to cite; to summon; to bring into court. [Scot.]
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              Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as
              the first or generative principle.    --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sist \Sist\, n. (Scots Law)
     A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of
     proceedings. --Burril.
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