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Webster 1828 Edition


Empannel

EMPAN'NEL

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Noun.
[Eng. pane, a square. See Pane and Pannel.]
A list of jurors; a small piece of paper or parchment containing the names of the jurors summoned by the sheriff. It is now written pannel, which see.

EMPAN'NEL

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Verb.
T.
To form a list of jurors. It is now written impannel, which see.

Definition 2024


empannel

empannel

English

Verb

empannel (third-person singular simple present empannels, present participle empannelling or empanneling, simple past and past participle empannelled or empanneled)

  1. Alternative form of impanel
    • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
      A life-thirsting, cannibal-looking, bloody-minded juryman, the Jacques Three of St. Antoine. The whole jury, as a jury of dogs empannelled to try the deer.