/taylz, tay"leez/ , n. Law.
1. ( 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.
2. ( used with a sing. v. ) the order or writ summoning such jurors.
[ 1300-50; ME tales ( de circumstantibus ) such (of the bystanders) ]