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单词 tales
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tales  (tālz, tālēz),USA pronunciation n. [Law.]
  1. Law(used with a pl. v.) persons chosen to serve on the jury when the original panel is insufficiently large: originally selected from among those present in court.
  2. Law(used with a sing. v.) the order or writ summoning such jurors.
  • Medieval Latin tālēs (dē circumstantibus) such (of the bystanders)
  • Middle English 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tales /ˈteɪliːz/ n
  1. (functioning as plural) a group of persons summoned from among those present in court or from bystanders to fill vacancies on a jury panel
  2. (functioning as singular) the writ summoning such jurors
Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin phrase tālēs dē circumstantibus such men from among the bystanders, from Latin tālis such

ˈtalesman n
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