empanel

A verb used to indicate the act of selecting and swearing in a jury for a trial.

• 🇩🇪Deutsches Verb für das Auswählen und Beeidigen von Geschworenen für ein Gerichtsverfahren; auch das Aufstellen einer Geschworenenliste.

1. Select a jury C1 formal legal

   To choose or select a group of people to serve as jurors for a trial.

   • The judge ordered the court clerk to empanel a new jury.
   • The defense attorney objected to the way the jury was empaneled.
   • It took two days to empanel a jury for the high-profile case.

   🇩🇪Geschworene auswählen

2. Enter into a list C1 formal legal

   To officially enter someone's name onto a list of prospective jurors.

   • The court administrator empaneled the citizens for jury duty.
   • They empaneled over 100 potential jurors for the trial.
   • The names were empaneled according to the voter registration records.

   🇩🇪In die Geschworenenliste eintragen

   Synonyme: enrollinscribelistregister

• empaneled past participle
• empanelled past participle
• empaneled past simple
• empanelled past simple
• empaneling present participle
• empanelling present participle
• empanels third person singular