giser

giser (jI-s[schwa]r), vb. [Law French] Hist. (Of an action) to lie; to be capable of being brought as a suit in court. • This verb, in its inflected form gist, appeared in such phrases as ou assise ne gist point (“when an assise does not lie”), le action bien gist (“the action well lies”), gist en le bouche (“it lies in the mouth”), and cest action gist (“this action lies”).

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