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English word tribunal comes from Latin tribunus (Chief of a tribe. Commander, tribune.), Latin tribus
tribunus (Latin)
Chief of a tribe. Commander, tribune.
tribus (Latin)
A division of the Roman people.. A tribe.. One of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes, Tities, Luceres.. The mob, the lower classes.
tribunal (Latin)
(by extension) any platform used for purposes other than above. (by extension) mound, dam, embankment. (figuratively) height, greatness. (metonymy) a court of law, tribunal; judgment. A raised semicircular or square platform, on which the seats of magistrates were placed; tribunal, judgment seat, dais, camp platform. Cenotaph.
tribunal (Old French)
Of or relating to a tribunal Tribunal; court.
tribunal (English)
(Philippines, historical) A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners.. An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.