impanel
Americanverb (used with object)
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to enter on a panel or list for jury duty.
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to select (a jury) from the panel.
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to enter names on a panel or other official list.
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Etymology
Origin of impanel
1375–1425; late Middle English empanellen < Anglo-French empaneller. See em- 1, panel
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A judge this week approved a petition by Gwynn to impanel a special grand jury to investigate current and former school officials over any lapses that led to the shooting.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
Attorney Harry Litman told the network that the decision to impanel a new grand jury shows that Bragg is "going for the kill."
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2023
They also plan this week to vote to impanel two new committees.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
Instead, the governor asked the Florida Supreme Court to impanel the grand jury.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
Allen straightened himself, and looking around at the company, replied: "Yes, I did, sir; but 'Old Brindle' transcended the impanel of the impound, and scatterlophisticated all over the equanimity of the forest."
From Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller by McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly)
Barnette has since impaneled a state grand jury, his deputy said Monday, declining further comment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
But what I tell my clients during jury selection is “Don't fall in love with any one particular juror who might be impaneled, because you're probably not going to get them on the jury.”
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
While the Detroit uprising was still underway, he impaneled the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, also known as the Kerner Commission, to investigate this civil unrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
In May, a grand jury impaneled by Thompson indicted Kohberger and put the case on a path to trial.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
While the jury was being impaneled, Ruth sat by Gordon, eagerly trying to see the invisible secrets of every juror's soul who faced the man she loved.
From The One Woman by Dixon, Thomas
For Bragg, the new year began by impaneling a grand jury to hear evidence in the hush-money case.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Anthony Michael Kreis, a law professor at Georgia State University, said that impaneling the grand jury was a sign that prosecutors had acknowledged the complexity, sensitivity and unique nature of the case.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
In her letter to Christopher S. Brasher, chief judge of Fulton County’s Superior Court, Willis cited several advantages to impaneling a rarely used special purpose grand jury.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
The process of impaneling a jury to hear evidence in the trial of Clay Conaway was scheduled to being Tuesday morning in Georgetown.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2019
The business of impaneling a jury was a rather simple thing so far as this court was concerned.
From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore
The drawn-out cycle of questioning and culling will continue until a full jury has been impanelled.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024
Deandre Somerville, of West Palm Beach, was impanelled for a civil case in August, but he failed to notify the court when he didn't show up.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2019
On Wallace’s second day of freedom, the state impanelled a grand jury, which reindicted him for Miller’s murder.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2017
He impanelled a special grand jury and presented testimony from 50 witnesses over nine weeks, including the accused police officer.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2015
The case is still proceeding, the evidence is not complete, counsel have not been heard, and—most obvious defect of any—the jury has not been impanelled.
From William of Germany by Shaw, Stanley
We often take more time in impanelling a jury than they would in trying the case.
From The American Judiciary by Baldwin, Simeon E., LLD
They were not embarrassed by a necessity of impanelling juries; they might call juries if they pleased; they might use "all other means and politic ways that they could devise."
From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Rhys, Ernest
Whether impanelling the jury for the trial of a case is a long or short process will depend largely on the intelligence and firmness of the judge who holds the court.
From The American Judiciary by Baldwin, Simeon E., LLD
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