empanel

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

The verb is from Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empaneller.

When the coroner arrived, soon after six o'clock, a jury was empanelled and witnesses sworn. — The Daughter of Anderson Crow, George Barr McCutcheon
In civil causes, juries were seldom empanelled, because they were attended by very considerable expense and delay. — Western Characters; or, Types of Border Life in the Western States, John Ludlum McConnel
Nor can a native serve on a jury, whereas in Cape Colony he is legally qualified, and sometimes is empanelled. — Impressions of South Africa, James Bryce, Viscount Bryce

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