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to impanel

to impanel

6 8.9
Officially choose people to serve on a jury for a trial
  • verb
  • /ɪmˈpænəl/
  • Formal
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  • In Brooklyn, District Attorney Charles J. Hynes announced Thursday that he would impanel a grand jury to investigate price gouging.
  • impaneled jury

Booyah grand jury, cable news, Tell us why the grand jury was impaneled.

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Examples

  • Federal grand juries are constantly issuing indictments that are peripheral to the issue they were impaneled to consider.

    Blog text (5)
  • It took six days to impanel that jury.

  • You Honor, prosecution moves a jury be impaneled.

  • We, the jury, duly impaneled in the above entitled action... ...find the defendant, Ben Garvey, guilty.

  • The president impaneled experts and blue-ribbon commissions; the Senate held hearings.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • In February 1956, the United States Attorneys in San Francisco and New York impaneled grand juries to investigate Chinese fraudulent entry.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Omitting the caption, the verdict reads as follows: 'We the jury, being duly impaneled and sworn, do find the defendant, Andrea Marie Hammermill, not guilty.'

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The judge announced that they would impanel a jury next week to hear the case.

  • After selecting suitable candidates, the court will impanel the jury this afternoon.

  • It is essential to impanel a diverse jury to ensure a fair trial.

Synonyms

to panel
vsto impanel
  • Specialized
1 6.8

To choose people from a list to serve on a jury

is the official enrolling of jurors for service at a trial

Surface Forms

impanel infinitive
impaneled past
impaneled past participle
impaneling present participle
impanels third person singular

Morphology

impanel = panel (transparent) = im + panel

The verb is formed by attaching the productive prefix 'im-' to 'panel', meaning 'put on or into a panel/jury', which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Impanel comes from the prefix in- meaning 'in' and the word panel, which means 'group' or 'list'. So to impanel someone is to put them 'in' a panel, that is, to officially choose and enroll them as jurors.