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gist definition

gist (jist)

noun

  1. Law the grounds for action in a lawsuit
  2. the essence or main point, as of an article or argument

Etymology: 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

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