Impanel
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To write the names of jurors on a panel (g. v.), which is a schedule or list, In England, of parchment: this is done by the sheriff, or other officer lawfully authorized. In American practice, the word Is used of a jury drawn for trial of a particular cause by the clerk, as well as of the general list of jurors returned by the sheriff.
Grab. Pr. 275.
See 1 Archb. Pr. 365; 3 Bla. Com. 354; Porter v. People, 7 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 441, Strictly speaking and at common law, juries are impanelled when the jurymen are selected and ready to be sworn; Clough v. U. S., 55 Fed. 928.