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Impanelling

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Has nothing to do with drawing, selecting, or swearing jurors, but means simply making the list of those who have been selected. 7 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 441. IMPARCARE (Law Lat. from in aind pwrcus, a pound or inclosed place).

In old English law. To impound. Reg. Orig. 92b. To shut up, or confine in prison. Inducti sunt in carcerem et imparcati, they were carried to prison and shut up. Bracton, fol. 124.