talesman
1talesman — tales·man / tālz mən, tā lēz / n pl tales·men / mən/: a person summoned as one of the tales added to a jury Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. talesman …
2Talesman — Tales man, n.; pl. {Talesmen}. (Law) A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded. Wharton. [1913 Webster] …
3talesman — (n.) reserve member of a jury, 1670s, from tales writ ordering bystanders to serve (late 15c.), via Anglo Fr. (mid 13c.), from L. tales (in tales de circumstantibus such persons from those standing about, a clause featured in such a writ), noun… …
4talesman — [tālz′mən, tā′lēzmən] n. pl. talesmen [tālz′mən, tā′lēzmən] a person summoned as one of the TALES …
5talesman — s ( nen, talesmän, best. pl. talesmännen) representant, förespråkare …
6talesman — noun Etymology: Middle English tales talesmen, from Medieval Latin tales de circumstantibus such (persons) of the bystanders; from the wording of the writ summoning them Date: 1679 1. a person added to a jury usually from among bystanders to make …
7talesman — /taylz meuhn, tay leez meuhn/, n., pl. talesmen. a person summoned as one of the tales. [1670 80; TALES + MAN1] * * * …
8talesman — noun a) The author or relater of a tale; storyteller; a speaker of tales (male). b) Someone summoned to a jury when a tales is awarded, to make up numbers …
9talesman — ta·les·man || teɪlzmÉ™n / lɪËz n. replacement juror (Law) …
10talesman — [ teɪli:zmən, teɪlz ] noun (plural talesmen) Law a person summoned by a tales …
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