n. pl. tales 1. a. A talesman. b. A group of talesmen. 2. 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; see to- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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