gist of action

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• 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 — 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 — ► 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 — [dʒɪst] noun 1》 the substance or general meaning of a speech or text. 2》 Law the real point of an action. Origin C18: from OFr., third person singular pres. tense of gesir to lie , in Anglo Fr. legal phr. cest action gist this action lies ,… …   English new terms 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 — [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 — 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 — [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. 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