impaneling
Forming a jury
Impaneling is the act of selecting and formally enrolling jurors to serve on a jury.
Courts impanel juries for trials, grand juries for investigations: The judge began impaneling the jury Monday morning.
Also spelled empaneling.
The root is panel, from the list of potential jurors summoned for duty.
Summoned potential jurors
- jurorTrial panel member
- forepersonJury's elected spokesperson
- peersThose of equal status
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
verdict · unanimous · sequestration · voir dire · jury box · alternate · hung jury · grand jury
Formal court notification
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- witnessOne who attests
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
prosecution · defense · plaintiff · defendant · courtroom · bench · judge · gavel
Formal charge from jury
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- pleadingsFormal litigation documents
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
adjudication · docket · briefs · motions · discovery · pretrial · proceedings · hearing
venire
Summoned potential jurors
- jurorTrial panel member
- forepersonJury's elected spokesperson
- peersThose of equal status
deliberation · verdict · unanimous · sequestration · voir dire · jury box · alternate · hung jury · grand jury · petit jury
summons
Formal court notification
cross-examination · prosecution · defense · plaintiff · defendant · courtroom · bench · judge · gavel · litigation
indictment
Formal charge from jury
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- pleadingsFormal litigation documents
deposition · adjudication · docket · briefs · motions · discovery · pretrial · proceedings · hearing · tribunal
- jury trialjury deliberation, jury selection, juror selection, voir dire, jury pool
impanelingdismissing
Removing from position
disbanding · discharging · releasing · excusing · dissolving
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