empanel

[em-pan-l]

verb (used with object)

empaneled, empaneling , empanelled, empanelling .

1. impanel.

empanel

/ ɪmˈpænəl /

verb

1. to enter on a list (names of persons to be summoned for jury service)

2. to select (a jury) from the names on such a list

Other Word Forms

• empanelment noun
• unempaneled adjective
• unempanelled adjective

Example Sentences

On Wednesday, Johnson carried on Loudermilk’s effort to relitigate Jan. 6 and the subsequent investigation, empaneling a subcommittee to probe the work of the original committee.

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In a new development, the panel provided emails indicating the Department of Justice had empaneled a grand jury to look into potential crimes related to the origin of COVID-19.

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The second grand jury was empaneled after the Supreme Court last summer issued its infamous decision in Trump v.

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For prospective jurors who remain, it’s the in-person follow-up questions that determine who is empaneled and who will be excused.

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He said that the grand jury empaneled last year will remain in place.

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