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tales
[teylz, tey-leez]
–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)
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
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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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
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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