α. late Middle English enpanellynge, 1500s enpanelynge, 1700s– empanelling.
β. 1600s 1800s– impanelling, 1900s– impaneling.
empanellingn.
/ɪmˈpanl̩ɪŋ/, /ɛmˈpanl̩ɪŋ/, /ɪmˈpanəlɪŋ/, /ɛmˈpanəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpænəlɪŋ/, /ᵻmˈpænl̩ɪŋ/, /ɛmˈpænəlɪŋ/, /ɛmˈpænl̩ɪŋ/ The action of empanelling a jury or similar panel; the occasion at which this takes place.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > enrolment of jury
empanelling1467
array1579
pannellationa1695
empanelment1739
1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 392 (MED) By crafte of enpanellynge.
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Qiii The Iudge at the enpanelynge of the quest, hadde hys graue-lokes.
1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence ii. 7 The impanelling of a Iury is one of the most solemn and serious of all the proceedings in our Law.
1789 Times 20 Nov. 3/3 Men of profligate principles empowered with empanelling of juries, may..send people to the New-drop, or Botany Bay, who ought to go to some better place.
1825 Monthly Repos. Theol. 20 255/1 It appears that there are no less than 85 statutes upon the impanelling of Juries.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 May 8/1 They watched with great keenness the empanelling of the jury.
1915 Pennsylvania State Rep. 246 617 At the empanelling of jurors for the trial of an indictment for murder.
1953 S. Carolina Law Q. 6 119 The author takes up the question of distribution of strikes in the impaneling of the jury in civil trials.
2006 B. Jenkins Irish Nationalism & Brit. State ii. 69 The initial empanelling of an exclusively Protestant jury led to protests within and without court.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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