talesman
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 289 U.S. 1 - Clark v. United States · 1933Most cited · 1,637 citing opinions
A talesman when accepted as a juror becomes a part or member of the court. A talesman, sworn as a juror, becomes, like an attorney, an officer of the court, and must submit to like restraints.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A person summoned to act as a juror from among the bystanders in the court. TALIO (Lat. from talis, such, like).
In the civil law. Like for like; punishment in the same kind; the punishment of an injury by an act of the same kind, as an eye for an eye, a limb for a limb, etc. Called sim Uitudo supplicii, likeness of punishment; reciproca poena, reciprocal punishment. Calv. Lex.; Adams, Rom. Ant. 291. TALIS INTERPRETATIO SEMPER Flenda est, ut evitetur absurdum, et incpnveniens, et ne judicium sit illusorlum. Interpretation is always to be made in such a manner that what is absurd and inconvenient is to be avoided, and so that the judgment be not nugatory. 1 Coke, 52.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910