DECEM TALES
\dɪsˈɛm tˈe͡ɪlz], \dɪsˈɛm tˈeɪlz], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_m t_ˈeɪ_l_z]\
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(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 full panel, commanding the sheriff to summon the requisite number. 3 Bl. Comm. 364; Reg. Jud. 30b ? 3 Steph. Comm. 602.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.