as in court
an assembly of persons for the administration of justice was tried before a military tribunal and found not guilty of the charges

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Recent Examples of tribunal Whether or not Sinner was intentionally doping has not been in dispute, and in the August decision, the tribunal concluded that the quantity of clostebol in Sinner’s system did not give him any competitive advantage. Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025 The code is admissible evidence in court and labor tribunals, thus providing workers with real authority during disputes with their employers. Dee Coakley, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 During his papacy, Francis sought to clean up Vatican finances and changed the law to ensure that Becciu, as a cardinal, could be judged by a Vatican tribunal of judges. Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025 The general created tribunals to oversee crop disputes between landlords and tenants, as many tenants were too poor to appear in state court. Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tribunal
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Noun
  • Witness testimony in the second murder trial of Karen Read will not occur on May 13 as expected, a court spokesperson announced.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • An initial legal filing by the Department suggested that, due to a court injunction, married borrowers on IDR would soon have to include their spouse's income regardless of tax filing status.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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  • The Celtics outscored the Knicks by 11 points over his 19 minutes, the best mark of any bench player, en route to a 115-93 victory at Madison Square Garden.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
  • Larry Betz is seated in the shade on a bench at one of the fields at Interstate Park in Little Rock watching a group of kickball players on a recent afternoon.
    Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • All three of the judges, who sit on the US Court of International Trade, appeared troubled by the Trump administration’s claim that the judiciary may not review the legality of the tariffs at all.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 13 May 2025
  • Even worse, Trump’s attacks on the rule of law and the judiciary, universities, law firms, and scientific institutions are undermining the foundations of what makes the United States so attractive for investment and gives it such great weight on the world stage.
    Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025

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“Tribunal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tribunal. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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