sist

To stay (e.g. judicial proceedings); to delay or suspend; to stop

to cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court

Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.

a stay or suspension of proceedings

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 […]