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impanel

(im pan′əl)

transitive verb impaneled or impanelled, impaneling or impanelling

to enter the name or names of on a jury list
to choose (a jury) from such a list

Related Forms:

impanelment noun

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transitive verb im·pan·eled or im·pan·elled also em·pan·eled or em·pan·elled, im·pan·el·ing or im·pan·el·ling also em·pan·el·ing or em·pan·el·ling, im·pan·els also em·pan·els
Law

To enroll (a jury) upon a panel or list.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English empanellen

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman empaneller

Origin: : en-, in (from Latin in-; see in-²)

Origin: + panel, piece of paper listing jurors, jury; see panel

Related Forms:

im·panˈel·ment noun

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