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⛔ To stop or set up ⚖️ To pause proceedings
to sist

to sist

9.9
To pause a court case and stop the legal action for a time
  • verb
  • /sɪst/
  • UK
translation icon : sistir
  • In Scottish courts, lawyers may request to sist a case for various legal reasons.

Examples

  • The judge decided to sist the proceedings until new evidence could be reviewed.

  • The court will sist the action if both parties agree to a temporary halt.

  • The court decided to sist the case until further evidence was presented.

  • They sisted the proceedings for several months.

  • The judge decided to sist the proceedings until new evidence could be reviewed.

  • In Scottish courts, lawyers may request to sist a case for various legal reasons.

  • The court will sist the action if both parties agree to a temporary halt.

Surface Forms

sist infinitive
sisted past
sisted past participle
sisting present participle
sists third person singular

Etymology

In law, sist keeps the same idea from Latin sistere of 'making stand' or stopping movement. So to sist proceedings is to make the case 'stand still' or pause it for a time, a meaning still used in Scottish courts.