Tales

tā′lēz, n.pl. a list of persons, apparently a selection from spectators in court, made by the sheriff or judge at a trial, to supply any defect in a jury or panel.— n. Tā′lesman , a bystander so chosen.— Pray a tales , to plead that the number of jurymen be completed in this way. [From the phrase ' tales de cir cums tanti bus,' tales , pl. of L. talis , such.]