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Tribunal

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

The seat of a judge; the place where he administers justice. The whole body of judges who compose a jurisdiction.

155 111. App. 405.

The jurisdiction which the judges exercise. The term is Latin, and derives its origin from the elevated seat where the tribunes administered justice.