impanel

English

Alternative forms

• empanel

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman empaneller.

Verb

impanel (third-person singular simple present impanels, present participle Commonwealth impanelling, US impaneling, simple past and past participle Commonwealth impanelled, US impaneled)

1. To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.16:

     We are often driven to empanell and select a jury of twelve men out of a whole countrie to determine of an acre of land [...].

   • End of XVI cent., Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war, by Shakespeare:

     To 'cide this title is impannelled \ A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart; \ And by their verdict is determined \ The clear eye's moiety, and the dear heart's part

Translations

to enrol jurors

• Russian: включать в список присяжных (vklučátʼ v spísok prisjážnyx)

Anagrams

• maniple