Middle English Dictionary Entry
empanellen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | empanellen v. Also en-, in-, im-. |
| Etymology | AF empaneller. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. panel.
1.
To enrol (a person) in a jury; to impanel.
Associated quotations
- (1425) RParl.4.306b : All such persones as buth enpanelled to passe in enquestes in ye Kyngus Court.
- (1436) RParl.4.501b : That no shirreve..Empanell in noon Inquisition ne Enquest no persones but thoo enhabitauntz withynne his Baylie.
- (?1447) Paston2.79 : The chiffe constable told me he was enpanellyd up on the assise be twex yow and Frauncesse.
- (a1448) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xl : Certeyn persones..have certeyn enquestes empanelled uppon the said accions.
- (1450) RParl.5.213a : Seid Shirref retourne not, ne empanell, in the seid sute noon other persones but such as dwell within the seid Shire.
- c1455 Spec.Miser.(Tak 32)577 : I was enpanyeled in manye an enqueste.
- (1451) Paston2.242 : He trustyth to Godde to inpanell seche men as shuln to hise knowleche be indeferent, and non comon jurors.
- (1463) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2 p.65 : Zif eany maner Burgeysse..be Empanellyd In eany Iurry by twixt partye and partye.
- a1525(?1471) Cov.Leet Bk.372 : Nor þat they be enpanelled vppon eny jurre frohensfurth for euer.