talesman

noun, plural tales·men.

1. a person summoned as one of the tales.

n.“reserve member of a jury,” 1670s, from tales “writ ordering bystanders to serve” (late 15c.), via Anglo-French (mid-13c.), from Latin tales (in tales de circumstantibus “such persons from those standing about,” a clause featured in such a writ), noun use of plural of talis “such” (see that).