talert (taler)

[ME., If he be a taler of idle wordes of foly or vilanie, he shal yeld accomptes of it at the day of dome. Chaucer , Parson's Tale (ed. Tyrwhitt). tales (tā'lēz), n . pl . [The first word of the orig. L. phrase tales de cir cums tanti bus , 'such of the bystanders,' in the order for summoning such persons; L. tales , pl. of talis , such, of such kind.] In law , a list or supply of persons summoned upon the first panel, or happening to be present in court, from whom the sheriff or clerk makes selections to supply the place of jurors who have been impaneled but are not in attendance. If by means of challenges, or other cause, a sufficient number of unexceptionable jurors doth not appear at the trial, either party may pray a tales . A tales is a supply of such men as are summoned upon the first panel, in order to make up the deficiency. Black stone , Com., III. xxiii. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 49. An obsolete form-of tallow . Plural of talus .