Sist /(?)/

Sist

v. t.
  1. To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop. (Scots Law)
  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.

Sist

n.
  1. A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. (Scots Law)