PANEL

In Law, said by Sir H. Spelman to mean " schedula," or " pagina," as a panel of parchment, . It commonly designates the roll containing the names of jurors whom the sheriff returns to pa on a trial. In Scottish law, the accused person in a criminal action from the time of his appearance is styled the " pannel." PANIC (Lat. Pan), is usually applied to a sudden and groundle alarm. The word originated in the stratagem which Pan had recourse to, during the Indian expedition of Bacchus, on being surrounded by a numerous army; viz. ordering his men suddenly to raise a simultaneous shout, which, favoured by the echoes r)f a rocky valley, had the appearance of so augmenting »77 PANTAGRAPH. their numbers that the enemy were inspired by terror, and instantly took to flight. [s. 890]