Tales \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)