tribunal
noun
tri·bu·nal
trī-ˈbyü-nᵊl 
tri-
1
: a court or forum of justice
2
: something that decides or determines
the tribunal of public opinion
3
Examples of tribunal in a Sentence
An international tribunal was formed to deal with war crimes.
was tried before a military tribunal and found not guilty of the charges
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The tribunal ultimately could not justify interfering with the lower tribunal's findings, just because the lower tribunal is the fact-finding court.
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Likewise, her compelling life story captured President Bill Clinton's imagination in 1993 when Justice Byron White retired from the nation's highest tribunal.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Canada’s bureau is asking the tribunal to order Google to sell DoubleClick for Publishers, its publisher ad server, and AdX, its ad exchange services.
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The high aspirations with which the tribunal was founded should not shield it from the consequences of its decision to pursue other agendas.
—Eugene Kontorovich, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Likewise, her compelling life story captured President Bill Clinton's imagination in 1993 when Justice Byron White retired from the nation's highest tribunal.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Canada’s bureau is asking the tribunal to order Google to sell DoubleClick for Publishers, its publisher ad server, and AdX, its ad exchange services.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 29 Nov. 2024
The high aspirations with which the tribunal was founded should not shield it from the consequences of its decision to pursue other agendas.
—Eugene Kontorovich, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Tribunal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tribunal. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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tribunal
noun
tri·bu·nal
trī-ˈbyün-ᵊl
trib-ˈyün-
1
: the seat of a judge
2
: a court of justice
3
: something that decides or determines
the tribunal of public opinion
Legal Definition
tribunal
noun
tri·bu·nal
trī-ˈbyün-ᵊl, tri-
1
: the seat of a judge or one acting as a judge
2
: a court or forum of justice : a person or body of persons having to hear and decide disputes so as to bind the parties
Etymology
Latin, platform for magistrates, from tribunus tribune, from tribus tribe
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