Panel [fr. panellum, Lat.; panneau, Fr., a square or panel]. 1. A little part, or rather a schedule or page, containing the names of such jurors as the sheriff returns to pass upon a trial; and empannelling a jury is nothing but the entering them into the sheriff's roll or book, Jac. Law Dict.; Co. Litt. 158 b.
2. In Scots law, the accused person in a criminal trial after appearance in court.
3. Panel of Arbitrators, the name given to the permanent Court or Tribunal established under the Hague Arbitration Convention.
The term is often applied to the list of such medical practitioners as have agreed to administer the Medical Benefit under the National Health Insur-ance Acts. Those entitled to be treated by such a medical practitioner are popularly called 'panel-patients,' and the word is used to denote a list of any authoritative persons or consultants where determination or advise is required by statute, e.g., arbitrators under the (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919; and Rules of 1925 under s. 84 of the (English) Law of Property Act, S.R. & O., 1925, No. 1182/L. 36 (Restrictive Covenants); (English) Housing and Town Planning Act, etc. see REFEREE.