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/sɪst/ · verb
(law, Scotland) To stay (e.g. judicial proceedings); to delay or suspend; to stop.
Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.
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 […]
Use sist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sist means (law, Scotland) To stay (e.g. judicial proceedings); to delay or suspend; to stop.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.
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