Definition of Tribunal

Babylon English Dictionary
court of justice; place of judgement
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Tribunal Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
JM Latin-English Dictionary
N
raised platform; tribunal; judgement seat
Tribunal Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(n.)
The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.
  
(n.)
Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
  
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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.
tribunal
\tri*bu"nal\ (?), n. [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.
tribunal
n : an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business [syn: court, judicature]




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 hague tribunal 
Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
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JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Hawlfainc = n. a tribunal
Holfainc = n. a tribunal
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
(synonym) court, judicature
(hypernym) assembly
(hyponym) International Court of Justice, World Court
(member-meronym) jury
(part-meronym) Bench
Tribunal Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
A tribunal in the general sense is any person or institution with the authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. For example, an advocate appearing before a court on which a single judge was sitting could describe that judge as 'their tribunal'. Many governmental bodies that are titled 'tribunals' are so described to emphasize the fact that they are not courts of normal jurisdiction. For example, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is a body specially constituted under international law; in Great Britain, Employment Tribunals are bodies set up to hear specific employment disputes. Private judicial bodies are also often styled 'tribunals'. The word 'tribunal' is not conclusive of a body's function. For example, in Great Britain, the Employment Appeal Tribunal is a superior court of record.

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Tribunal Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
Law Dictionary
An officer or body having authority to adjudicate matters.
HMCS Legal Terms
A group of people consisting of a chairman (normally solicitor/barrister) and others who exercise a judicial function to determine matters related to specific interests, eg VAT tribunal - appeals against the amount of duty levied by Customs and Excise Lands tribunal - appeals against the valuation of land 
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