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tales  (tlz, tlz)
n. pl. tales
1. A group of people summoned to fill vacancies on a jury that has become deficient in number.
2. The writ allowing for a summons of jurors.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin tls d circumstantibus, such (persons) from those standing about (a phrase used in the writ), from Latin, pl. of tlis, such; see to- in Indo-European roots.]
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Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal.
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We may be sure that when the day's work was done, when the fight or the chase was over, they gathered round the wood fire and listened to the tales of the story-teller.
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And this was the tribute paid by the American public to the master who had given to it such tales of conjuring charm, of witchery and mystery as "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "Ligea; such fascinating hoaxes as "The Unparalleled Adventure of Hans Pfaall," "MSS.
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