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tales

  [teylz, tey-leez]
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–noun Law.
1. (used with a plural verb) persons chosen to serve on the jury when the original panel is insufficiently large: originally selected from among those present in court.
2. (used with a singular verb) the order or writ summoning such jurors.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < ML tālēs (dē circumstantibus) such (of the bystanders)

tale

  [teyl] ,
–noun
1. a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
2. a literary composition having the form of such a narrative.
3. a falsehood; lie.
4. a rumor or piece of gossip, often malicious or untrue.
5. the full number or amount.
6. Archaic. enumeration; count.
7. Obsolete. talk; discourse.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE talu series, list, narrative, story; c. D taal speech, language, G Zahl number, ON tala number, speech. See tell 1
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tale   (tāl)   
n.  
  1. A recital of events or happenings; a report or revelation: told us a long tale of woe.
  2. A malicious story, piece of gossip, or petty complaint.
  3. A deliberate lie; a falsehood.
  4. A narrative of real or imaginary events; a story.
  5. Archaic A tally or reckoning; a total.

[Middle English, from Old English talu; see del-2 in Indo-European roots.]
tales   (tālz, tā'lēz)   
n.   pl. tales
  1. A group of people summoned to fill vacancies on a jury that has become deficient in number.
  2. The writ allowing for a summons of jurors.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin tālēs dē circumstantibus, such (persons) from those standing about (a phrase used in the writ), from Latin, pl. of tālis, such; see to- in Indo-European roots.]
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Tales

Ta"les\, n. [L., pl. of talis such (persons).] (Law) (a) pl. Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter. --Blount. Blackstone. (b) syntactically sing. The writ by which such persons are summoned.

Tales book, a book containing the names of such as are admitted of the tales. --Blount. --Craig.

Tales de circumstantibus [L.], such, or the like, from those standing about.
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Language Translation for : tales
Spanish: tal(es), así, semejante, de este tipo,
German: solch,
Japanese: そのような
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Main Entry: ta·les
Pronunciation: 'tA-"lEz
Function: noun plural
Etymology: from the Medieval Latin phrase tales de circumstantibus such (persons) of the bystanders; from the use of the phrase in the writ summoning them
often attrib : persons added to a jury from among those available in or about the courthouse or in the county to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned tales juror>
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