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IMPANEL JURY [2 records]

Record 1 2003-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Actions
  • Courts
CONT

... the Chief justice shall designate a judge of the superior court of criminal jurisdiction to empanel a jury to hear the application.

OBS

Impanel :... to go through the process of selecting a jury which is to try the cause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Actions en justice
  • Tribunaux
CONT

[...] le juge en chef charge un juge de la Cour supérieure de juridiction criminelle de constituer un jury pour entendre la demande.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acciones judiciales
  • Tribunales
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Record 2 2003-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Courts
OBS

Empanel: to swear in (a jury) to try an issue or case.

OBS

Eventually, by a process of transfer of meaning, "panel" came to be used of the jury itself, and also generated the verb "empanel", as in "to empanel a jury".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reglamento procesal
  • Tribunales
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