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tribunal

 
 
/traɪˈbjuːnəl/ noun [C] LAW

Definition

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 tribunaltake sb/sth to a tribunal She took her employer to an industrial tribunal for wrongful dismissal. → See also administrative tribunal, employment tribunal, industrial tribunal
(Definition of tribunal noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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