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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
impanel
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A new grand jury is to be impaneled Wednesday.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The concern was obvious, for airing the movie there presumably would make it infinitely harder to impanel an impartial jury.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impanel

Impanel \Im*pan"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaneledor Impanelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Impaneling or Impanelling.] [Pref. im- in + panel. Cf. Empanel.] [Written also empanel.] To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice.
--Blackstone.

Wiktionary
impanel

vb. To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.

WordNet
impanel
  1. v. enter into a list of prospective jurors [syn: empanel]

  2. select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors" [syn: empanel, panel]

  3. [also: impanelling, impanelled]

Usage examples of "impanel".

Court repeated this assertion, in connection with the denial to a defendant accused of a murder of the same opportunity during the critical period between his arraignment and the impaneling of the jury.

When the jury began giving credence to the allegations against DoJ, Bua quickly dismissed the jury and impaneled another one.

Cynthia and Chena Centaur were seated Alternates, in case something should happen to any of the impaneled Jurors.

In order to prevent the inconvenience and scandal of such delays for the future, the institution of the Conclave (upon a principle that resembles the impanelling of our English juries) was established.