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Impanel, or impannel, the writing and entering of the names of a jury in a parchment schedule by the sheriff....
impanel
impanel or em·pan·el [im-, em-] vt -eled or: -elled -el·ing or: -el·ling : to form (a jury) esp. by summoning and selecting the members ;specif : to enroll (a list of selected jurors) in a court compare array im·pan·el·ment n ...
Impanelment
The act or process of impaneling or the state of being impaneled...
Circumstantibus, Tales de
Circumstantibus, Tales de (so many of the bystanders). In civil and criminal trials, where by reason of the default of the jury, or of challenge, there is not a sufficient number of the jurors impanelled, the judge may direct the sheriff to add to the panel the names of a sufficient number of persons qualified to act as jurymen who may be present or can be found, who are called tales de circumstantibus.-(English) County Juries Act, 1825 (6 Geo. 4, c. 50), s. 37. There is now no statutory limit to the number of jurors who can be impanelled.-(English) County Common Juries Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 17)....
array
array : to set (a jury) for trial ;specif : to set (a jury) by calling out the names of the jurors one at a time compare impanel n : the group of people summoned to serve as jurors from which the jury will be chosen ;also : a list of the jurors' names see also challenge to the array at challenge compare venire ...
empanel
empanel var of impanel ...
Impanel
To enter in a list or on a piece of parchment called a panel to form or enroll as a list of jurors in a court of justice...
Panelation
The act of impaneling a jury...
Questa
Questa, means a quest; an inquest or inquiry upon the oaths of an impanelled jury, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1259....
Jury of matrons
Jury of matrons is a jury composed entirely of matrons, which is impaneled in two cases only: (1) upon a writ de ventre inspiciendo, which see; (2) where a female prisoner is condemned to be executed, and pleads pregnancy as a ground to postpone the completion of the sentence until after her confinement. Upon this a jury of matrons, or discreet women, inquire into the plea; should they bring in their verdict that the prisoner is enceinte, the execution is stayed until the birth of the child, after which, as a rule, the Crown commutes the punishment....
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