sist

present singular third person sists · participle present sisting · participle past sisted · past sisted

1. ScotlandlawTo stay (e.g. judicial proceedings); to delay or suspend; to stop
2. Scotlandlawto 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.

   1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform

plural sists

1. Scotlandlawa stay or suspension of proceedings

   Fourteen Days are only allowed for Sists of Execution, from the Date the Bill was signed, for the Clerks inquiring in the Condition of the Cautioner […]

   1693, James Dalrymple Stair, The institutions of the law of Scotland, page 755