TALES


Meaning of TALES in English

[ 'teɪli:z ]

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

Origin

from L. ~ (de circumstantibus) 'such (of the bystanders)', the first words of the writ.

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