α. 1700s impannelment, 1900s– impanelment (rare).
β. 1800s empannelment, 1800s– empanelment.
empanelmentn.
/ɪmˈpanlm(ə)nt/, /ɛmˈpanlm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpænəlm(ə)nt/, /ɛmˈpænəlm(ə)nt/ The fact of being empanelled; the action or an act of empanel v.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > enrolment of jury
empanelling1467
array1579
pannellationa1695
empanelment1739
1739 J. Phipps Brit. Liberty Pref. p. v We..do call upon the Leet-Court abovementioned, to clear to us, if possible, the Legality of our Impannelment and Instructions.
1847 Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 15 Mar. 82 Fearful apprehensions..of being tried under the empannelment of the most notorious mobocrats.
1883 Sat. Rev. 55 519 With every fresh empanelment the risk of this is renewed.
1887 Library Mag. (N.Y.) Apr. 531/1 After a definite period of empanelment.
1921 Atlantic Reporter 111 563/2 He allowed, without objection, the process of impanelment to go forward to the satisfactory conclusion of both parties, and the jury to be sworn.
1990 K. Wozencraft Rush xvi. 163 Nettle had timed the bust-out to coincide with the empanelment of a brand-new grand jury.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1739- to set, horses together
- to set, lay, put apart
- to set, put, lay to or in wed
- to set, shoot, or throw a trawl
- to set, stake upon a cast
- to settle a person's hash
- to settle an account
- to settle down
- to settle down or in
- to settle down to
- to settle down to business
- to settle for
- to settle in
- to settle in for
- to settle in life
- to settle in the world
- to settle on or upon the lees
- to settle one's estate, one's affairs
- to settle one's rest
- to settle out
- to take the gloves off
- to take the good with the bad
- to take the gown
- to take the ground
- to take the habit