Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
gist — [jist] n. [ME giste < OFr, abode, point at issue < 3d pers. sing., pres. indic., of gesir, to lie < L jacere, to lie; sense infl. by Anglo Fr legal phrase l action gist, lit., the action lies] 1. Law the grounds for action in a lawsuit 2 … English World dictionary
gist — [18] Cest action gist, literally ‘this action lies’, was an Old French expression denoting that a case was sustainable in law and could be proceeded with. English took over gist, which was the third person singular of the verb gésir ‘lie’, as a… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
gist — /dʒɪst / (say jist) noun 1. the substance or pith of a matter; essential part: the gist of an argument. 2. the ground on which a legal action rests. {Old French, 3rd person singular present indicative of gesir lie, rest, used in Anglo French… …
gist — [18] Cest action gist, literally ‘this action lies’, was an Old French expression denoting that a case was sustainable in law and could be proceeded with. English took over gist, which was the third person singular of the verb gésir ‘lie’, as a… … Word origins
gist — / jist/ n [Anglo French, in the phrase laccion gist the action lies or is based (on), from gisir to lie (of process), from Old French gesir to lie, ultimately from Latin jacere]: the ground or foundation of a legal action without which it would… … Law dictionary
Gist — may be:* , the central idea or the essence race * Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, an R D university in Gwangju city, South Korea * GiST, or Generalized Search Tree, a flexible datastructure for building search trees * Gist… … Wikipedia
gist — 1711, the real point (of a law case, etc.), from Anglo Fr. legalese phrases, e.g. cest action gist this action lies, meaning this case is sustainable by law, from O.Fr. gist en it consists in, it lies in (third person singular present indicative… … Etymology dictionary
Gist — Gist, n. [OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. g[^i]te, fr. g[ e]sir to lie, L. jac?re, prop., to be thrown, hence, to lie, fr. jac?re to throw. In the second sense fr. OF. gist, F. g[^i]t, 3d pers. sing. ind. of g[ e]sir to lie, used in a proverb, F.,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gist — ► NOUN ▪ the substance or essence of a speech or text. ORIGIN Old French, he, she, or it lies , from the legal phrase cest action gist this action lies , denoting there were sufficient grounds to proceed … English terms dictionary
gist — /jist/, n. 1. the main or essential part of a matter: What was the gist of his speech? 2. the ground of a legal action. [1720 30; < AF (cest action) gist (this matter) lies, 3rd sing. pres. indic. of AF, OF gesir to lie L jacere] Syn. 1. essence … Universalium
