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supersedere

supersedere (s[y]oo-p[schwa]r-s[schwa]-deer-ee). [Law Latin] Hist. SIST. “When creditors voluntarily agree to supersede or sist diligence against their debtor for a certain period, such an agreement is called a supersedere; and the same name is given to any judicial act by which creditors are restrained from doing diligence. A creditor who commits a breach of the […]

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sist

sist (sist), n. Scots law. 1. Intervention in legal proceedings as an interested third party, e.g., a trustee. 2. An order staying or suspending legal proceedings. — Also termed supersedere. sist, vb. Scots law. 1. To bring into court; to summon. 2. To stay (a judicial proceeding, etc.), esp. by court order.

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