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Panel vs Jury - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between panel and jury

is that panel is a document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury while jury is a group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.

As nouns the difference between panel and jury

is that panel is a (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.; A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc while jury is a group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.

As verbs the difference between panel and jury

is that panel is to fit with panels while jury is to judge by means of a jury.

As an adjective jury is

for temporary use; applied to a temporary contrivance.

panel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.; (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
    • Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.
  • A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
    • Today's panel includes John Smith.
  • An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
    • The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.
  • (legal) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury.
    • (Blackstone)
  • (legal, Scotland) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
    • (Burrill)
  • (obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
  • A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
  • (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
    • the panel of a door
  • (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
    • (Gwilt)
  • (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
  • (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
  • (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
  • (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
  • A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

    • Derived terms

    * panellist (UK), panelist (US) * panelled (UK), paneled (US) * panelling (UK), paneling (US)

    External links

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    Verb

  • to fit with panels

    • See also

    * instrument panel, control panel * panel beater * panel game * panel van

    Anagrams

    * * * * * ----

    jury

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) juree , from . (wikipedia jury)

    Noun

    (juries)
  • (legal) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
  • * "And so the jury' and he approached, as if this were a time of peace instead of one of the greatest world disturbances ever known in history, the question whether the prosecution had proved to the '''jury’s''' satisfaction that George Joseph Smith was guilty of murder. The '''jury''' were the shield which stood between him and death, unless, to the '''jury’s''' satisfaction, he was proved to be guilty. Yet while they were the shield of the man accused, they were also the Sword of the State; and if the man were proved guilty, they were the servants of the State to punish him. Their respective functions were these: he the judge, had to settle the law, and the '''jury''' must take the law from him. The ' jury were judges of fact."
    • 1952 : James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work'': (this edition Pan 1957) Page 92. commenting on'' R v Smith [1915] 84 LJKB 2153 (1914-15 All ER 262 CCA)
  • A group of judges in a competition.
    • Meronyms
    * juror
    Derived terms
    * grand jury * jury box * jury duty * jury panel * jury nullification * jury pool * jury trial * petit jury * the jury is still out
    Descendants
    * Portuguese:

    Verb

  • To judge by means of a jury.

    • Etymology 2

    Early 1600s. Perhaps ultimately from (etyl) ajurie, from (etyl) adjutare

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (nautical) For temporary use; applied to a temporary contrivance.
    • jury''' mast; '''jury rudder
    Derived terms
    * jurymast * jury-rig ----