Empanel

//ɪmˈpænəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A list of jurors; a panel.

    "When the Maior of the Citie, the two Dukes, and the two chiefe Juſtices, were ſet in Guyldhall for the performance of their commiſſion, and began to call the empanels for the enquirie, as the vſe and other is, diuers light witted, and leſſe brayned perſons of the citie, priuely armed them, and by the ringing of Bow bell, thought to aſſemble together a great multitude of their minde and opinion, and ſo by force and might to take from the kepers all ſuch priſoners, as were before apprehended, for the late committed robbery and riot, as they were goyng to their triall or arreignment."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of impanel. alt-of, alternative

    "President Biden lent validity to the debate, if not to the idea [of expanding the Supreme Court] itself, by empaneling a commission to examine court expansion and other possible reforms such as term limits for justices."

  2. 2
    select from a list wordnet
  3. 3
    enter into a list of prospective jurors wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

The verb is from Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empaneller.

Etymology 2

The verb is from Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empaneller.

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