Definition of "empanel" [em•pan•el]

• Variant of impanel. (verb)

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• "Mr. Hynes has announced that he also plans to empanel a grand jury to investigate possible "systematic failures" at ACS."
• "State Rep. Boyd Brown had written to McMaster last week asking him to empanel a state Grand Jury too examine those questions."
• ""I therefore request that you take immediate and appropriate action to empanel the State Grand Jury to investigate the possible misuse of state property, finances, and the negligence of duties in the office of governor," said Brown in a letter to McMaster released Friday."