TRIBUNAL

court, tribunal, judicature

(noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tribunal (plural tribunals)

An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.

(Philippines, historical) A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners.

Anagrams

• turbinal

Source: Wiktionary


Tri*bu"nal, n. Etym: [L. tribunal, fr. tribunus a tribune who administered justice: cf. F. tribunal. See Tribune.]

1. The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.

2. Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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