tribunal

3 definitions • 6 examples

a special court or group of people who are officially chosen, especially by the government, to examine (legal) problems of a particular type:

a war crimes tribunal

She took her case to an immigration appeals tribunal.

a special court chosen, esp. by a government or governments, to examine a particular problem:

An international tribunal of judges was established to investigate alleged war crimes.

a special court or group of people who are officially chosen to examine problems of a particular type:

a tribunal case/claim/hearing

an appeal/an arbitration/a disciplinary tribunal

take sb/sth to a tribunal She took her employer to an industrial tribunal for wrongful dismissal.