TALES DE CIRCUMSTANTIBUS,
\tˈe͡ɪlz də sˈɜːkəmstˌantɪbəs], \tˈeɪlz də sˈɜːkəmstˌantɪbəs], \t_ˈeɪ_l_z d_ə s_ˈɜː_k_ə_m_s_t_ˌa_n_t_ɪ_b_ə_s]\
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Practice. Such persons as are standing round. When ever the panel of the jury is exhausted the court order that the jurors wanted shall be selected from among the bystanders which order bears the name of tales d circumstantibus. Bac. Ab. Juries, C.
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The judiciary act of Sept. 24, 1789, 1 Story, L. U. S. 64, provides, §29, that When from challenges, or otherwise, there shall not be a jury to determine any civil or criminal cause, the marshal or his deputy shall, by order of the court where such defect of jurors shall happen, return jurymen de talibus circumstantibus sufficient to complete the panel; and when the marshal or his deputy are disqualified as aforesaid, jurors may be returned by such disinterested persons as the court shall appoint. See 2 Hill, So. Car. R. 381; 2 Penna. R. 412; 4 Yeates, 236; Coxe, 283; 1 Blackf. 63; 2 Harr. & J. 426; 1 Pick. 43, n.
By John Bouvier
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