empanelling
Assembling a jury
Empanelling is the process of selecting and assembling a jury for a trial.
Courts empanel jurors by questioning candidates and seating those deemed impartial: The judge spent two days empanelling the jury.
The term extends to forming any official panel or committee.
Also spelled empaneling.
Legal decision-making body
- jurorTrial panel member
- venireSummoned potential jurors
- voir direPretrial juror examination
- summonsFormal court notification
prospective · qualification · challenge · peremptory · cause · exclusion · impartiality · peers
Judicial examination of claims
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defenseProtection against harm
litigation · defendant · prosecutor · plaintiff · testimony · evidence · indictment · arraignment
Formally gathering together
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
- formingComing into existence
- organizingSystematically putting in order
recruiting · selecting · constituting · appointing · commissioning · calling · mustering · designating
jury
Legal decision-making body
summons · prospective · qualification · challenge · peremptory · cause · exclusion · impartiality · peers · citizen
trial
Judicial examination of claims
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
defense · litigation · defendant · prosecutor · plaintiff · testimony · evidence · indictment · arraignment · adjudication
convening
Formally gathering together
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
- formingComing into existence
organizing · recruiting · selecting · constituting · appointing · commissioning · calling · mustering · designating · seating
empanellingdismissing
Removing from position
discharging · disbanding · dissolving · releasing · excusing
empanellingdismissing
Removing from position
striking · excluding · removing · rejecting · challenging
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