Meaning & use
Hales
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Compels or forces someone to go somewhere, especially to a court of law.
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The sheriff hales the debtor before the magistrate to answer for the unpaid fines.
In the old tale, the giant hales the trespasser off to his castle by the collar.
A note on using this word
An archaic verb related to 'haul'; it survives mainly in the legal phrase 'to hale someone into court.' Do not confuse it with the adjective 'hale,' meaning healthy.
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