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sist |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sist \Sist\, n. (Scots Law) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. --Burril. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To cause to take a place as at the bar of a court; hence to cite; to summon; to bring into court. [Scot.] Some however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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