Tribunal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Law A seat or court of justice.
  • n. Law The bench on which a judge or other presiding officer sits in court.
  • n. A committee or board appointed to adjudicate in a particular matter.
  • n. Something that has the power to determine or judge: the tribunal of public opinion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. [Sp. pron. trē-bö-näl′ .] In villages in the Philippines, a kind of town-hall or common house, used as a meeting-place by the bead men of the village, for the entertainment of travelers, and for other purposes of general interest.
  • n. The seat of a magistrate or judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit to administer justice.
  • n. Hence A court of justice.
  • n. Eccles., the confessional.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
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    communal    monsoonal   
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    jurisdiction    council    magistrate    judge    jury    legislature    decree    court    commission    ruler