impanels
Assembles a jury
Impanels means enrolls or selects people to serve on a jury or similar deliberative body.
A judge impanels a jury by formally constituting it from the pool of potential jurors.
The term extends to any official assembly of people chosen for a specific evaluative purpose: The committee impaneled a group of experts to review the findings.
Also spelled empanels.
Summoned potential jurors
- voir direPretrial juror examination
- jurorTrial panel member
- selectionChosen item or items
- poolCollective fund or basin
screening · questionnaire · peremptory · challenge · exemption · qualification · service · duty
Investigative charging body
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- verdictOfficial court decision
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
witness · evidence · defendant · prosecution · defense · plaintiff · attorney · counsel
Judicial decision-making body
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- boardFlat rigid panel
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- inquiryRequest for information
investigation · hearing · arbitration · adjudication · oversight · review · ethics · disciplinary
venire
Summoned potential jurors
pool · screening · questionnaire · peremptory · challenge · exemption · qualification · service · duty · peers
grand jury
Investigative charging body
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- verdictOfficial court decision
testimony · witness · evidence · defendant · prosecution · defense · plaintiff · attorney · counsel · cross-examination
tribunal
Judicial decision-making body
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- boardFlat rigid panel
- committeeAppointed group for duties
inquiry · investigation · hearing · arbitration · adjudication · oversight · review · ethics · disciplinary · regulatory