impanel

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She sat down and the court proceeded to impanel a jury.

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  1. transitive verb Law To enroll (a jury) upon a panel or list.

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  • While I yearn to see dangerous drivers brought to heel -- BTW, I was at the Chinatown community's stirring demonstration today demanding that D.A. Morgenthau impanel a grand jury in the case of the killing of Diego Martinez and Hayley Ng; if any of our commenters were there, I didn't see 'em -- I am now willing to countenance appeals such as Sullivan's, especially when they are rendered as thoughtfully as his. —  Streetsblog New York City
  • Meggs will impanel a new grand jury Jan. 26 at which time he plans to inform them of the complaints. —  JustNews.com - Local News
  • In furtherance of this I demand that you impanel a grand jury to receive evidence in this matter, evidence I am very confident will show that George Bush took this nation to war under false pretenses. —  AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09
  • And when you consider how the Jewish State has apparently made no effort to protect Palestinian civilians - might as well just impanel the Hague tribunal now. —  Mere Rhetoric
  • "The court and the judge are attempting to do everything in their power to impanel a jury that's as unbiased as humanly possible and not tainted by any outside influence," he said. —  RGJ.com - Latest News
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman empaneller : en-, in (from Latin in-; see in-2) + panel, piece of paper listing jurors, jury; see panel.

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  1. in.- + panel.
 

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/ɪmˈpænɛl/
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