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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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