Tribunal
[traɪ'bjuːn(ə)l;trɪ-] or [traɪ'bjunl]
Definition
(n.) The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.
(n.) Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
Typist: Winfred
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bench, judgment-seat.[2]. Court, judicatory, bar, court of justice.
Checker: Nicole
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Judgment_seat, court_of_justice, bench, bar, court
Editor: Margaret
Definition
n. the bench on which a judge and his associates sit to administer justice: court of justice: the confessional.
Typist: Vivienne
Examples
- I am well prepared, but there are precautions to be taken, that could not be taken until he was actually summoned before the Tribunal. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The Judges having to take part in a public demonstration out of doors, the Tribunal adjourned. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And consequently three cheers for the United Aggregate Tribunal! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Charles Darnay, alone in a cell, had sustained himself with no flattering delusion since he came to it from the Tribunal. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Before that unjust Tribunal, there was little or no order of procedure, ensuring to any accused person any reasonable hearing. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It was curious what an awful tribunal the mild Caleb's was to her, whenever he set it up. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In those disorderly times, it might have been extremely inconvenient to have left them to seek this sort of justice from any other tribunal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Inform the Tribunal of what you did that day within the Bastille, citizen. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Woe to the defaulter whose appeal lay to the tribunal where those severe eyes presided. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But access to him, said Mr. Lorry, if it should go ill before the Tribunal, will not save him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- To fail in submission to the authority of the Tribunal would be to put yourself out of Law. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- If the people did not hear Zat Arras' charge, they certainly did hear the verdict of the tribunal. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It will expiate at God's tribunal. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Revolutionary Tribunal went to work, and a steady slaughtering began. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I know you, Evremonde; I saw you before the Tribunal to-day. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- His wife died, and two of his three children died, before the tribunals could make up their minds to show him the door and take no more of his money. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Edited by Lilian