Sist

Definition of Sist

v. t.	1.	(Scots Law) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.
	2.	To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court. Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle. - Sir W. Hamilton.
n.	1.	(Scots Law) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.

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