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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1681-1698
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Sist, n. [Sist(e v.] An injunction suspending legal proceedings. — 1681 Stair Inst. iv lii § 16.
[The judge] might … give a sist of execution for a definite time 1686 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 12.
May it therfor please your lordships to grant a new protection and sist of execution for the other fyne yet wnpayed 1698 Maxwell Mem. II 349.
I beg you … to get the bill of suspension past, and vpon it to gett a sist
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