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Webster 1913 Edition


Tribunal

Tri-bu′nal

,
Noun.
[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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tribunal

TRIBU'NAL

,
Noun.
[L. tribunal, from tribunus, a tribune, who administered justice.]
1.
Properly, the seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.
2.
More generally, a court of justice; as, the house of lords in England is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
3.
In France, a gallery or eminence in a church or other place, in which the musical performers are placed for a concert.

Definition 2024


tribunál

tribunál

See also: tribunal and Tribunal

Czech

Noun

tribunál m

  1. tribunal

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