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tales

Syllabification: (tales)
Pronunciation: /tālz, ˈtālēz/
Definition of tales

noun

Law
  • a writ for summoning substitute jurors when the original jury has become deficient in number.

Origin:

from Latin tales (de circumstantibus) 'such (of the bystanders)', the first words of the writ

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