tales noun. ['teɪli:z] L15.
[Latin, pl. of talis such, in tales de circumstantibus such of the bystanders, the first words of the writ.]
Law. A supply of substitute jurors summoned from among those present in court where the original jury has become deficient in number by challenges, exemptions, etc.; the writ for summoning or act of supplying such substitutes. Freq. in pray a tales, grant a tales, award a tales.

Comb.:
talesman ['teɪli:zmǝn, 'teɪlz-] a member of the tales summoned to complete a jury.

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