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A general term for a court, or the seat of a judge. In Roman Law, the term applied to an elevated seat occupied by the chief judicial magistrate when he heard causes. tribunal n. any court, judicial body, or board which has quasi-judicial functions (such as a public utilities board which sets rates or a planning commission which can allow variances from zoning regulations). TRIBUNAL. The seat of a judge; the place where he administers justice; but
by this term is more usually understood the whole body of judges who compose
a jurisdiction sometimes it is taken for the jurisdiction which they
exercise.
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