PANEL

The roll or slip of parchment returned by the sheriff in obedience to a venire facias, containing the names of the persons whom he has summoned to attend the court as jurymen. Beasley v. People, 89 Ill. 571; People v. -Coyodo, 40 Cal. 592. Th~ panel is a list of jurors returned by a sheriff, to sei;ve at a particular court or for the trial of a particular action. Pen. Code Cal. § 1057. The word is also used to denote the whole body of persons summoned as jurors for a particular term of court. In Scotch law, The prisoner at the bar, or person who takes his trial before the court · of justiciary for any crime. This name is given to him after his appearance. Bell. PANIER, in the parlance of the English bar societies, is an attendant or domestic who waits at table and gives bread, (pan is,) wine, and other nece ary things to those who are dining. The phrase was 1n familiar use among the knights templar, and from them has been handed down to the learned societies of the inner and middle temples, who at the present day occupy the halls and buildings once belonging to that distinguished order, and who have retained a few of their customs and phrases. Browu. [s. 875]