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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: enter into a list of prospective jurors [syn: empanel, impanel]
2: select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors" [syn: empanel, impanel, panel]

Merriam Webster's

variant of impanel

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also impanel) (-panelled, -panelling; US -paneled, -paneling) enrol or enter on a panel (those eligible for jury service). Derivatives: empanelment n. Etymology: AF empaneller (as EN-(1), PANEL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Empanel Em*pan"el, n. [Pref. em- (L. in) + panel.] (Law) A list of jurors; a panel. [Obs.] --Cowell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Empanel Em*pan"el, v. t. See Impanel.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Impanel Im*pan"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaneledor Impanelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Impaneling or Impanelling.] [Pref. im- in + panel. Cf. Empanel.] [Written also empanel.] To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice. --Blackstone.