tribunal
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 →
2) (law) A court set up to judge serious crimes, such as war crimes. tree →
3) Any group with the power to judge someone. tree →
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 →
- The tribunal decided he had been dismissed unfairly. tree →
- After the war, a tribunal judged the leaders. tree →
- Three judges sat on the tribunal. tree →
- The tribunal will give its decision next week. tree →
- In the story the hero had to stand before a tribunal of elders. tree →
- For this deed, Poseidon summoned Ares to appear before the tribunal of the Olympic gods, which was held upon a hill in Athens. tree →
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.
- An employment tribunal is a kind of court for work disputes, such as being sacked unfairly or not being paid what is owed.
- It was reported that a tribunal made an airline honour what its website chatbot had wrongly promised a customer.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tribunal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.