Tri*bu"nal (?), n. [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.
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Tri`bu*nal" (?), n. [Sp.]
In villages of the Philippine Islands, a kind of townhall. At the tribunal the head men of the village met to transact business, prisoners were confined, and troops and travelers were often quartered.
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