Thesaurus: tales

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1. n. Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter.
2. syntactically sing. The writ by which such persons are summoned.
3. Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter. Blount. Blackstone. (b) syntactically sing. The writ by which such persons are summoned. Tales book, a book containing the names of such as are admitted of the tales. Blount. Craig. -- Tales de circumstantibus Etym: [L.], such, or the like, from those standing about.
4. Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about thecourthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurorsregularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter. Blount.Blackstone. (b) syntactically sing.
5. n a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program n a trivial lie