tribunal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
    court; judicature.

WordNet

Tri*bu"nal noun
Etymology
L. tribunal, fr. tribunus a tribune who administered justice: cf. F. tribunal. See Tribune.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913