\Ta"les\, n. [L., pl. of talis such (persons).] (Law)
(a) pl. 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} [L.], such, or the like, from
   those standing about.