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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]], platform for magistrates, from tribunus tribune

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]], platform for magistrates, from tribunus tribune

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : tribune

*1 : tribune

*3 : something that [[decides]] or determines <the tribunal of [[public]] [[opinion]]>

*3 : something that [[decides]] or determines <the tribunal of [[public]] [[opinion]]>

==Description==

==Description==

'''Tribunal''' in the general sense is any [[person]] or [[institution]] with the [[authority]] to [[judge]], adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. For example, an advocate appearing before a Court on which a single Judge was sitting could describe that judge as 'their tribunal'. Many [[governmental]] bodies that are titled 'tribunals' are so described to emphasize the [[fact]] that they are not courts of normal jurisdiction. For example the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda] is a [[body]] specially constituted under international [[law]]; in Great Britain, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Tribunal Employment Tribunals] are bodies set up to hear specific employment disputes. [[Private]] judicial bodies are also often styled 'tribunals'. The [[word]] 'tribunal' is not conclusive of a body's [[function]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribunal]

'''Tribunal''' in the general sense is any [[person]] or [[institution]] with the [[authority]] to [[judge]], adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. For example, an advocate appearing before a Court on which a single Judge was sitting could describe that judge as 'their tribunal'. Many [[governmental]] bodies that are titled 'tribunals' are so described to emphasize the [[fact]] that they are not courts of normal jurisdiction. For example the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda] is a [[body]] specially constituted under international [[law]]; in Great Britain, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Tribunal Employment Tribunals] are bodies set up to hear specific employment disputes. [[Private]] judicial bodies are also often styled 'tribunals'. The [[word]] 'tribunal' is not conclusive of a body's [[function]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribunal]

[[Category: Law]]

[[Category: Law]]