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PANEL

Volume 16 · 82 words · 1842 Edition

(panella, panelum), according to Sir Edward Coke, denotes "a little part;" but the learned Spelman says that it signifies schedula vel pagina, a schedule or roll, as a panel of parchment, or a counterpane of an indenture; but it is used more particularly for a schedule or roll, containing the names of such jurors as the sheriff re- turns to pass upon any trial. Hence the impanelling a jury is the entering their names in a panel or little schedule of parchment.