empanel

/im'peil/ Cách viết khác : (impanel) /im'pænl/
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empanel

The judge will empanel the jury for the trial.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To select from a list: To choose or select individuals, especially jurors, from a larger list or pool.
    • To enter into a list of prospective jurors: To formally enroll or register someone's name onto an official list of potential jurors for a trial.
Usage and Examples
  • Verb:
    • The court clerk will empanel the jury for the high-profile case next week. (The court clerk will select the jury members from the list.)
    • After questioning, the judge decided to empanel twelve citizens to serve. (After questioning, the judge decided to enter twelve citizens onto the jury list.)
    • Her name was empaneled for possible jury duty in the county court. (Her name was added to the list of potential jurors.)
Advanced Usage
  • Legal Context: The term is almost exclusively used in legal and judicial contexts concerning the formation of a jury. It describes the formal administrative act of creating the jury panel.
    • The process to empanel an impartial jury can take several days.
  • Passive Voice: Often used in the passive voice ("be empaneled") to describe the status of potential jurors.
    • He was empaneled but ultimately not selected to serve on the final jury.
Variants and Related Words
  • Impanel: An alternative spelling of "empanel." Both forms are correct and used interchangeably.
    • The judge will impanel the jury tomorrow.
  • Empanelment / Impanelment (Noun): The act or process of empaneling.
    • The empanelment of the grand jury was completed swiftly.
Synonyms
  • Enroll: To officially register or enter on a list.
  • Select: To choose carefully from a group.
  • List: To enter in a list (though less formal and specific than "empanel").
Related Phrases and Usage Notes
  • To empanel a jury: The most common collocation, meaning to select and swear in a jury.
    • The primary task of the first day of trial is to empanel a jury.
  • The empaneled jurors: Refers to the group of people who have been formally selected and listed as the jury for a trial.
    • The empaneled jurors were sequestered for the duration of the trial.
empanel

The judge will empanel the jury for the trial.

Verb
  1. select from a list
    • empanel prospective jurors
  2. enter into a list of prospective jurors

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