- (functioning as plural) a group of persons summoned from among those present in court or from bystanders to fill vacancies on a jury panel
- (functioning as singular) the writ summoning such jurors
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tales
(tālz, tā′lēz),USA pronunciation n. [Law.]
- Law(used with a pl. v.) persons chosen to serve on the jury when the original panel is insufficiently large: originally selected from among those present in court.
- Law(used with a sing. v.) the order or writ summoning such jurors.
- Medieval Latin tālēs (dē circumstantibus) such (of the bystanders)
- Middle English 1300–50
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tales /ˈteɪliːz/ n
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- giant
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- once
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- Runyon
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