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tribunal
[ trahy-byoon-l, trih- ]
noun
- a court of justice.
- a place or seat of judgment.
- Also called tribune. a raised platform for the seats of magistrates, as in an ancient Roman basilica.
tribunal
/ trɪ-; traɪˈbjuːnəl /
noun
- a court of justice or any place where justice is administered
- (in Britain) a special court, convened by the government to inquire into a specific matter
- a raised platform containing the seat of a judge or magistrate, originally that in a Roman basilica
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Origin of tribunal1
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Example Sentences
Shadman was detained for 77 days before being released after a U.S. Military Tribunal in 2012 found no wrongdoing.
Twice he has been cleared of wrongdoing—first by a military tribunal and then the Afghan courts.
Paul Rosenberg at last discovered this and launched an action against the Federal Tribunal of Switzerland.
Wesolowski is confined to house arrest in the walled city, awaiting trial in front of the Vatican tribunal.
Committee Chairman Ed Royce called for a tribunal to be established to hold the Assad regime accountable for war crimes.
These men composed a self-constituted tribunal to award life or instant death to those brought before them.
A vast concourse of angry men surrounded the tribunal, and filled the air with execrations.
She was called upon several times by committees sent from the revolutionary tribunal for examination.
Osiris was the god before whose tribunal all departed spirits appeared to be judged.
Yet even as she put this plea forward in the inner tribunal of consciousness, she knew that it was false.
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