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im·pan·el

(ĭm-păn′əl) also em·pan·el (ĕm-)

tr.v. im·pan·eled, im·pan·el·ing, im·pan·els or im·pan·elled or im·pan·el·ling also em·pan·eled or em·pan·el·ing or em·pan·els or em·pan·elled or em·pan·el·ling Law

1. To add or include (a person's name) on a list of persons selected for jury duty.

2. To select (a jury) for trial from such a list.

[Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman empaneller : en-, in (from Latin in-; see in-²) + panel, piece of paper listing jurors, jury; see panel.]

im·pan′el·ment n.

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impanel

(ɪmˈpænəl)

vb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled

(Law) a variant spelling (esp US) of empanel

imˈpanelment n

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im•pan•el

(ɪmˈpæn l)

also empanel

v.t. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling.

to enter on a panel for jury duty.

impanel

Past participle: impanelled
Gerund: impanelling

Imperative
impanel
impanel

Present
I impanel
you impanel
he/she/it impanels
we impanel
you impanel
they impanel

Preterite
I impanelled
you impanelled
he/she/it impanelled
we impanelled
you impanelled
they impanelled

Present Continuous
I am impanelling
you are impanelling
he/she/it is impanelling
we are impanelling
you are impanelling
they are impanelling

Present Perfect
I have impanelled
you have impanelled
he/she/it has impanelled
we have impanelled
you have impanelled
they have impanelled

Past Continuous
I was impanelling
you were impanelling
he/she/it was impanelling
we were impanelling
you were impanelling
they were impanelling

Past Perfect
I had impanelled
you had impanelled
he/she/it had impanelled
we had impanelled
you had impanelled
they had impanelled

Future
I will impanel
you will impanel
he/she/it will impanel
we will impanel
you will impanel
they will impanel

Future Perfect
I will have impanelled
you will have impanelled
he/she/it will have impanelled
we will have impanelled
you will have impanelled
they will have impanelled

Future Continuous
I will be impanelling
you will be impanelling
he/she/it will be impanelling
we will be impanelling
you will be impanelling
they will be impanelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been impanelling
you have been impanelling
he/she/it has been impanelling
we have been impanelling
you have been impanelling
they have been impanelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been impanelling
you will have been impanelling
he/she/it will have been impanelling
we will have been impanelling
you will have been impanelling
they will have been impanelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been impanelling
you had been impanelling
he/she/it had been impanelling
we had been impanelling
you had been impanelling
they had been impanelling

Conditional
I would impanel
you would impanel
he/she/it would impanel
we would impanel
you would impanel
they would impanel

Past Conditional
I would have impanelled
you would have impanelled
he/she/it would have impanelled
we would have impanelled
you would have impanelled
they would have impanelled

impanel

To enroll people as members of a jury.

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Verb	1.	impanel - enter into a list of prospective jurors empanel list - include in a list; "Am I listed in your register?"
	2.	impanel - select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors" empanel, panel choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

Translations

impanel

vt → als Geschworenen einsetzen

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A judge was appointed; also clerks, a crier of the court, constables, sheriffs; counsel for the State and for the defendant; witnesses were subpoenaed, and a jury empaneled after much challenging.

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(unless we could empanel one of blind men) could resist you, if you were ever so bad a one; but you would be such a good one!'