impanelment
Forming a panel
Impanelment is the act of assembling a jury or placing someone on a jury panel.
The term appears in legal contexts when courts select and seat jurors for a trial: The impanelment of the jury took three days due to extensive questioning.
Also spelled empanelment.
Summoned potential jurors
- voir direPretrial juror examination
- jurorTrial panel member
- selectionChosen item or items
- jury boxCourtroom seating for peers
peremptory challenge · alternate · foreperson · sequestration · deliberation · unanimous · hung jury · grand jury
Judicial proceedings chamber
- judgeOne who decides
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defenseProtection against harm
- verdictOfficial court decision
plaintiff · defendant · testimony · evidence · witness · bailiff · clerk · docket
Required courtroom participation
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- serviceAid or maintenance
- summonsFormal court notification
- obligationRequired task or commitment
participation · exemption · deferral · compensation · registration · eligibility · voter rolls · random selection
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Summoned potential jurors
jury box · peremptory challenge · alternate · foreperson · sequestration · deliberation · unanimous · hung jury · grand jury · petit jury
courtroom
Judicial proceedings chamber
- judgeOne who decides
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defenseProtection against harm
verdict · plaintiff · defendant · testimony · evidence · witness · bailiff · clerk · docket · litigation
jury duty
Required courtroom participation
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- serviceAid or maintenance
- summonsFormal court notification
obligation · participation · exemption · deferral · compensation · registration · eligibility · voter rolls · random selection · community
impanelmentdismissal
Removal from position
discharge · disbandment · dissolution · excusal · release
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Official court decision
adjournment · judgment · acquittal · mistrial · conviction
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