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ta·les (tā′lēz′)

plural noun

  1. people summoned to fill jury vacancies when the regular panel has become deficient in number, as by challenge
  2. the writ that summons them

Etymology: ME < ML tales (de circumstantibus), such (of those standing about), phr. in writ summoning them < L, pl. of talis, such: see that

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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