Decem Tales
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. (Ten such; or ten tales [jurors].) In practice. The name of a writ which issues in England, where, on a trial at bar, ten jurors are necessary to make up a fuU panel, commanding the sheriff to summon the. requisite number.
3 Bl. Com, 364. Beg. Jud, 30 b. 3 Steph. Com. 602.