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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tales

/(tā"lēz)/ · Ta·les · IPA /teɪlz/
01 n. Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summon…
  1. 1.
    Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter.(Law)
Phrases & compounds
Tales book — a book containing the names of such as are admitted of the tales.
Tales de circumstantibus — such, or the like, from those standing about.