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# tribunal

«tribunal» in Mova's school dictionary: **A special kind of court or group of officials who decide…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tribunal, tribunals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law) A special kind of court or group of officials who decide on a particular kind of problem, such as work disputes or tax arguments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/#m1)

2) (law) A court set up to judge serious crimes, such as war crimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/#m2)

3) Any group with the power to judge someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In adult life a worker who thinks they were sacked unfairly may take their case to an employment tribunal. In history lessons tribunals judged leaders after wars. In stories it can sound frightening: someone stands before a tribunal. Phrases: «employment tribunal», «go to a tribunal», «war crimes tribunal», «appear before a tribunal».

### examples

- Uncle Dan took his old boss to an employment tribunal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/#x1)
- The tribunal decided he had been dismissed unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/#x2)
- After the war, a tribunal judged the leaders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/#x3)
- Three judges sat on the tribunal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/#x4)
- The tribunal will give its decision next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/#x5)
- In the story the hero had to stand before a tribunal of elders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/#x6)
- For this deed, Poseidon summoned Ares to appear before the tribunal of the Olympic gods, which was held upon a hill in Athens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/#x7)

### note

Countable noun, stress on the second syllable: try-BYOO-nal. A tribunal is smaller and more specialised than an ordinary court. Formal word; children rarely use it.

### In the corpora

- [There are also ways workers stand up for themselves: unions, strikes, picket lines and tribunals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/4/)
- [An employment tribunal is a kind of court for work disputes, such as being sacked unfairly or not being paid what is owed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/17/)
- [It was reported that a tribunal made an airline honour what its website chatbot had wrongly promised a customer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/32-olympiad-claims-clues-and-tricky-messages/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tribunal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tribunal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.