Sist

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. Burril.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. 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.