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tribunal


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tribunal 
  n  :  an  assembly  (including  one  or  more  judges)  to  conduct 
  judicial  business  [syn:  {court},  {judicature}] 




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