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jacet
Latin · ancient
"it lies"
it lies, from jacere (to lie), used in legal Latin for where a case rests
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gist
Anglo-French · medieval
"the real basis of a legal case"
from the legal phrase cest action gist (this action lies), naming the real basis of a lawsuit
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gist
English · 1700s
"the essential point or main substance of something"
settled as the English word for the essential point or main substance of something
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