empaneling
Choosing jury members
Empaneling is the process of selecting and assembling a jury for a trial.
Attorneys and judges empanel jurors by questioning candidates and dismissing those deemed unsuitable: The court spent three days empaneling the jury.
Also spelled empanelling.
The noun form is empanelment.
Legal decision-making body
- selectionChosen item or items
- voir direPretrial juror examination
- jurorsTrial decision makers
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
trial · summoning · venire · attorneys · questioning · deliberation · impartiality · sworn
Formally gathering together
- assemblingFitting parts together
- formingComing into existence
- constitutingMaking up a whole
- appointingSelecting for a position
selecting · gathering · organizing · establishing · commissioning · summoning · calling · designating
jury
Legal decision-making body
courtroom · trial · summoning · venire · attorneys · questioning · deliberation · impartiality · sworn · seated
convening
Formally gathering together
- assemblingFitting parts together
- formingComing into existence
- constitutingMaking up a whole
appointing · selecting · gathering · organizing · establishing · commissioning · summoning · calling · designating · naming
empanelingdismissing
Removing from position
discharging · disbanding · releasing · excusing · dissolving
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