Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sist \Sist\, n. (Scots Law)
   A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of
   proceedings. --Burril.

Sist \Sist\, v. t. [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.    --Sir W.
                                                  Hamilton.