panel

Panel

A list of jurors to serve in a particular court or for the trial of a designated action. A group of judges of a lesser number than the entire court convened to decide a case, such as when a nine-member appellate court divides into three, three-member groups, and each group hears and decides cases. A plan in reference to prepaid legal services.

The term open-panel legal services refers to a plan in which legal services are paid for in advance, usually by insurance, but in which members can select their own lawyers. Under a closed panel, all legal services are rendered by a group of attorneys previously chosen by the insurer, the union, or another entity.

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panel

n. the list of people selected to appear for jury duty. (See: jury, venire)

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panel

1 a board set up to adjudicate or inquire.

2 in Scots criminal law, the ACCUSED in a serious criminal trial.

Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

PANEL, practice. A schedule or roll containing the names of jurors, summoned by virtue of a writ of venire facias, and annexed to the writ. It is returned into the court whence the venire issued. Co. Litt. 158, b.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.