tribunal

[trahy-byoon-l, trih-]

noun

1. a court of justice.

2. a place or seat of judgment.

3. Also called tribune. a raised platform for the seats of magistrates, as in an ancient Roman basilica.

tribunal

/ trɪ-, traɪˈbjuːnəl /

noun

1. a court of justice or any place where justice is administered

2. (in Britain) a special court, convened by the government to inquire into a specific matter

3. a raised platform containing the seat of a judge or magistrate, originally that in a Roman basilica

Word History and Origins

Origin of tribunal¹

1520–30; < Latin tribūnal, tribūnāle judgment seat, equivalent to tribūn ( us ) tribune ¹ + -āl ( e ) -al ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of tribunal¹

C16: from Latin tribūnus _tribune ¹

Example Sentences

An NHS resident doctor has been suspended by a medical tribunal for 15 months after posting alleged antisemitic comments on social media.

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She was sentenced to death by an American military tribunal, but her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment before she was released on parole in April 1957.

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Nazi doctors were convicted for their crimes by Allied tribunals immediately after the war.

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The landlord told the tribunal that she had lost a letter from Greenwich Council which outlined updates to the council's licensing policy, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reported.

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The Hague war-crimes tribunal found that the sniper campaign had a single aim — to terrorise Sarajevo's civilians.

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Related Words

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