Impanel (Verb)
Meaning 1
Enter into a list of prospective jurors.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The court clerk will impanel a list of twelve prospective jurors for the upcoming trial.
- The judge instructed the clerk to impanel a new list of jurors due to the low number of responses.
- It is customary to impanel a pool of at least 40 prospective jurors for complex cases.
- The lawyers agreed to impanel a new jury list after the last one was dismissed due to a lack of diversity.
- Jurors are selected to serve by being impaneled from voter registration rolls and driver's license records.
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Meaning 2
Select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The court clerk was tasked with empaneling a dozen prospective jurors from a pool of over 100 potential candidates.
- The judge ordered the empaneling of a special grand jury to investigate the high-profile case.
- After voir dire, the jury was empaneled and sworn in to try the defendant.
- A new jury was empaneled for the retrial, as the previous panel had been unable to reach a verdict.
- The judge carefully considered the pool of potential jurors before empaneling the final six.