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KembaraXtra – Legal Terms – Pray a Tales
Pray a tales refers to the historical legal procedure known as tales de circumstantibus.
It involved summoning additional jurors when there were insufficient jurors available to complete a panel.
The phrase derives from older common law jury procedures.
Its purpose was to ensure that court proceedings could continue without delay.
The expression is now largely obsolete in modern legal practice.
Pray a tales refers to the historical legal procedure known as tales de circumstantibus.
It involved summoning additional jurors when there were insufficient jurors available to complete a panel.
The phrase derives from older common law jury procedures.
Its purpose was to ensure that court proceedings could continue without delay.
The expression is now largely obsolete in modern legal practice.
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