[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.

Sist
n.

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

Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy