What does tribunal mean?
Definitions for tribunal
traɪˈbyun l, trɪ-tri·bunal
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word tribunal.
Princeton's WordNet
court, tribunal, judicaturenoun
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
Wiktionary
tribunalnoun
An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
Etymology: From tribunal, from tribunal
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tribunalnoun
Etymology: tribunal, Latin and French.
I’ th’ market-place, on a tribunal silver’d,
Cleopatra and himself in chairs of gold
Were publickly enthron’d. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.He sees the room
Where the whole nation does for justice come,
Under whose large roof flourishes the gown,
And judges grave on high tribunals frown. Edmund Waller.Here the tribunal stood. John Dryden, Æn.
There is a necessity of standing at his tribunal, who is infinitely wise and just. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol. b. iii.
Summoning arch-angels to proclaim
Thy dread tribunal. John Milton.
Wikipedia
Tribunal
A tribunal, generally, is any person or institution with 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 who appears before a court with a single judge could describe that judge as "their tribunal." Many governmental bodies that are titled as "tribunals" are described so in order to emphasize that they are not courts of normal jurisdiction. For example, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was a body specially constituted under international law; in Great Britain, employment tribunals are bodies set up to hear specific employment disputes. In many (but not all) cases, the word tribunal implies a judicial (or quasi-judicial) body with a lesser degree of formality than a court, in which the normal rules of evidence and procedure may not apply, and whose presiding officers are frequently neither judges, nor magistrates. Private judicial bodies are also often styled "tribunals." The word tribunal, however, is not conclusive of a body's function—for example, in Great Britain, the Employment Appeal Tribunal is a superior court of record. The term is derived from the tribunes, magistrates of the Classical Roman Republic. "Tribunal" originally referred to the office of the tribunes, and the term is still sometimes used in this sense in historical writings. The tribunal was the platform upon which the presiding authority sat; having a raised position physically as symbolic of his higher position in regard to the adjudication of the law.
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tribunal
A tribunal is a court or forum of justice such as a committee or board that has the authority to adjudicate or settle disputes and administrative matters. The term is generally used to refer to courts that deal with specialized or specific issues. Tribunals are typically established by a government, an organization, or an institution, to deal with problems that need objective and fair resolution.
Webster Dictionary
Tribunalnoun
the seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice
Tribunalnoun
hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom
Wikidata
Tribunal
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. The term is originally derived from the tribunes, magistrates of the Classical Roman Republic. "Tribunal" originally referred to the office of the tribunes, and the term is still sometimes used in this sense in historical writings.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tribunal
trī-bū′nal, n. the bench on which a judge and his associates sit to administer justice: court of justice: the confessional. [L.]
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tribunal' in Nouns Frequency: #1757
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Anagrams for tribunal »
turbinal
untribal
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tribunal in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tribunal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of tribunal in a Sentence
The application alleges that, in issuing the ICSID award, the Tribunal exceeded its powers, failed to state reasons on which the ICSID award was based, and departed from a fundamental rule of procedure.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
Objectively the tribunal has no jurisdiction over the dispute, negotiation has been agreed upon as the way to resolve the dispute.
A U.N. tribunal would have ensured that there was the broadest possible support for the prosecution process.
We are pleased with ICSID's decision to reject the challenges made by Venezuela to remove the Tribunal's Chairman and ConocoPhillips' appointed arbitrator.
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- محكمةArabic
- TribunalGerman
- δικαστήριοGreek
- tribunaloEsperanto
- tribunalSpanish
- tribunaaliFinnish
- tribunalFrench
- binseIrish
- տրիբունալ, դատարանArmenian
- tribunaleInterlingue
- בֵּית דִיןHebrew
- 法廷Japanese
- 법정Korean
- dadgeh, mehkemeKurdish
- tribunalLatin
- tribunalPortuguese
- трибуналRussian
- tribùnāl, трибуналSerbo-Croatian
- tribunalSwedish
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