Sist
/sɪst/noun
To stay, halt, or suspend legal proceedings, especially in Scots law.
Did you know?In Scots legal usage, to sist a case means to suspend or stay proceedings, preserving the ancient imagery of forcing an action to “stand.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steh-
“To stand or be standing”
Classical Latin
Latin
sistere
“To cause to stand, set up, or stop”
Late Latin
Latin
sistō
“I place or make stand; I halt”
Middle English
English
sisten
“To stop, stay, or cause to stand; a learned legal form”
16th Century
Scots
sist
“To stay or suspend legal proceedings”
Modern English
English
sist
“To halt or postpone a legal action, chiefly in Scots law”