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tri·bu·nal

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–noun

1.	a court of justice.

2.	a place or seat of judgment.

3.	Also called tribune. a raised platform for the seats of magistrates, as in an ancient Roman basilica.

[Origin: 1520–30; < L tribūnal, tribūnāle judgment seat, equiv. to tribūn(us) tribune¹ + -āl(e) -al²

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n.

Law
1. A seat or court of justice.
2. The bench on which a judge or other presiding officer sits in court.
A committee or board appointed to adjudicate in a particular matter.
Something that has the power to determine or judge: the tribunal of public opinion.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin tribūnal, judge's platform, from tribūnus, tribune; see tribune¹.]

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tribunal

1447, from O.Fr. tribunal (13c.), from L. tribunal "platform for the seat of magistrates, elevation, embankment," from tribunus "official in ancient Rome, magistrate," lit. "head of a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). Hence, a court of justice or judicial assembly (1590).

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tribunal
noun
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business [syn: court]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
tribunal [traiˈbjuːnl] noun

a group of people appointed to give judgement, especially on official decisions
Example: The case was dealt with by a tribunal.

Arabic:	مَحْكَمَه
Chinese (Simplified):	审判团
Chinese (Traditional):	審判團
Czech:	soudní dvůr
Danish:	nævn; domstol
Dutch:	rechtbank
Estonian:	tribunal
Finnish:	tuomioistuin
French:	tribunal
German:	der Gerichtshof
Greek:	δικαστήριο
Hungarian:	bíróság
Icelandic:	dómstóll, réttur
Indonesian:	dewan pengadilan
Italian:	tribunale

Japanese:	裁判所
Korean:	법정
Latvian:	tribunāls
Lithuanian:	tribunolas
Norwegian:	nemnd; militærdomstol
Polish:	trybunał
Portuguese (Brazil):	tribunal
Romanian:	tribunal
Russian:	трибунал
Slovak:	súdny dvor, tribunál
Slovenian:	sodišče
Spanish:	tribunal
Swedish:	domstol, tribunal
Turkish:	mahkeme

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: tri·bu·nal
Pronunciation: trI-'byün-^&l, tri-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, platform for magistrates, from tribunus tribune, from tribus tribe
1 : the seat of a judge or one acting as a judge
2 : a court or forum of justice : a person or body of persons having to hear and decide disputes so as to bind the parties

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Tribunal

Tri`bu*nal"\, n. [Sp.] In villages of the Philippine Islands, a kind of townhall. At the tribunal the head men of the village met to transact business, prisoners were confined, and troops and travelers were often quartered.

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