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Quotation dates: 1754-1829, 1896
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JUDICIO SISTI, adj. Sc. Law, of security: involving an undertaking that a debtor will appear in court to answer a claim (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 47). [dʒu′dɪʃə ′sɪsti]Sc. 1754 Erskine Principles iii. iii. § 28:
In all maritime causes, where the parties are frequently foreigners, the defender must give caution judicio sisti et judicatum solvi.Sc. 1781 Scots Mag. (Feb.) 107:
They therefore applied for, and obtained a suspension, upon finding caution judicio sisti, under a penalty of 100 l. Sterling each.Sc. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxii.:
If you can find caution judicio sisti, that is, that ye winna flee the country, but appear and relieve your caution when ca'd for in our legal courts.Sc. 1829 P. Halkerston Tech. Terms 18:
Caution judicio sisti is an obligation undertaken by the cautioner to sist the party in court when required to do so, under the penalty of being obliged to answer for him.Sc. 1896 W. K. Morton Manual 301:
Caution judicio sisti. — This was in use while imprisonment for debt was generally competent. . . . It is now practically obsolete.
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