empanel
Constitute a jury
To empanel is to enroll people on a panel, especially to select and seat a jury: The court empaneled twelve jurors and two alternates.
The term appears almost exclusively in legal contexts.
Also spelled impanel.
Choosing trial decision-makers
- voir direPretrial juror examination
- venireSummoned potential jurors
- summonsFormal court notification
- jurorTrial panel member
screening · qualification · challenge · peremptory · cause · exemption · disqualification · pool
Legal decision-making body
- forepersonJury's elected spokesperson
- oathFormal binding promise
- judgeOne who decides
- bailiffLegal proceeding overseer
courtroom · bench · box · sworn · seated · deliberation · trial · proceedings
Required moral task
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- serviceAid or maintenance
- democracyRule by the people
participation · community · civic-mindedness · voter · electorate · obligation · summons · qualify
jury selection
Choosing trial decision-makers
juror · screening · qualification · challenge · peremptory · cause · exemption · disqualification · pool · random draw
jury
Legal decision-making body
- forepersonJury's elected spokesperson
- oathFormal binding promise
- judgeOne who decides
bailiff · courtroom · bench · box · sworn · seated · deliberation · trial · proceedings · attorneys
duty
Required moral task
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- serviceAid or maintenance
democracy · participation · community · civic-mindedness · voter · electorate · obligation · summons · qualify · residency