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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Since then, his work has taken him to international tribunals and other inquiries into the missing in more than 60 countries.
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Tyler McBrien, The Dial, 28 Jan. 2025
He was made to testify at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and was later condemned to death by a Polish tribunal.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
Special courts and tribunals were later created to prosecute atrocities in Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia, among others.
—Annie Hylton, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
In a ruling published on Thursday, the Chalons-en-Champagne administrative tribunal ordered the prefecture to reconsider the application to keep the animal and ordered the state to pay €1,500 ($1,545) in damages to the hog’s owner.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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Tyler McBrien, The Dial, 28 Jan. 2025
He was made to testify at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and was later condemned to death by a Polish tribunal.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
Special courts and tribunals were later created to prosecute atrocities in Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia, among others.
—Annie Hylton, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
In a ruling published on Thursday, the Chalons-en-Champagne administrative tribunal ordered the prefecture to reconsider the application to keep the animal and ordered the state to pay €1,500 ($1,545) in damages to the hog’s owner.
—Reuters, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Tribunal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tribunal. Accessed 11 Feb. 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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