See Also: tales(dictionary)
TALES, Eng(law)
Canterbury Tales, The(dictionary)
Poker Fish Tales(casino)
DECEM TALES, practice(law)
TALES DE CIRCUMSTANTIBUS, practice(law)

tales (iou)



tales noun. L15.
[Latin, pl. of talis such, in tales de circumstantibus such of the bystanders, the first words of the writ.]
Law. A supply of substitute jurors summoned from among those present in court where the original jury has become deficient in number by challenges, exemptions, etc.; the writ for summoning or act of supplying such substitutes. Freq. in pray a tales, grant a tales, award a tales.
Comb.: talesman a member of the tales summoned to complete a jury.