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tales.

A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈteɪliːz/
  1. A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.

  2. A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.

  3. A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.

Where this word comes from

From Latin plural of talis (“such (persons)”).

noun/teɪlz/
  1. plural of tale

    form-of · plural
verb/teɪlz/
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tale

    dialectal · form-of · indicative · obsolete · present · singular · third-person
noun
  1. Alternative form of tallit (“Jewish prayer shawl”).

    alt-of · alternative
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