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(tālz, tā'lēz) 
n., pl., tales.
n., pl., tales.
- A group of people summoned to fill vacancies on a jury that has become deficient in number.
- The writ allowing for a summons of jurors.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin tālēs dē circumstantibus, such (persons) from those standing about (a phrase used in the writ), from Latin, pl. of tālis, such.]
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