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tribunal (s) (noun), tribunals (pl)
1. An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business: A legal court is a tribunal and often a government institution with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil and criminal issues in accordance with the rules of law.
2. Etymology: from Latin tribunal, "raised platform provided for magistrate's seats", from tribunus, "an official in ancient Rome, a magistrate," literally "head of a tribe."
A court of justice.
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