tribunal
Body rendering verdicts
A tribunal is a court or other body with authority to judge and decide disputes.
The term often applies to specialized judicial bodies outside the ordinary court system: a war crimes tribunal, an employment tribunal.
It can also refer to any seat or platform of authority from which judgment is rendered.
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
conviction · acquittal · exoneration · clemency · pardon · sanction · penalty · uphold
Shared seating surface
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- appellateRelating to appeals
chambers · docket · litigant · plaintiff · defendant · prosecutor · counsel · barrister
Sworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
affidavit · exhibit · subpoena · sworn statement · objection · stipulation · rebuttal · perjury
Just and equal treatment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- redressCompensation for injury
remedy · accountability · rights · legality · jurisprudence · constitutionality · civil rights · human rights
Relating to church matters
- synodChurch governing assembly
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
absolution · heresy · annulment · dispensation · canonical · decree · bishop · diocese
Neutral conflict resolver
- arbitratorOne who resolves disputes
- arbitralOf binding dispute resolution
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
negotiation · dispute · neutral · binding · nonbinding · resolve · compromise · third-party
verdict
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
sentence · conviction · acquittal · exoneration · clemency · pardon · sanction · penalty · uphold · overturn
bench
Shared seating surface
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
appellate · chambers · docket · litigant · plaintiff · defendant · prosecutor · counsel · barrister · solicitor
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
deposition · affidavit · exhibit · subpoena · sworn statement · objection · stipulation · rebuttal · perjury · recusal
fairness
Just and equal treatment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
redress · remedy · accountability · rights · legality · jurisprudence · constitutionality · civil rights · human rights · reparation
ecclesiastical
Relating to church matters
- synodChurch governing assembly
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
penance · absolution · heresy · annulment · dispensation · canonical · decree · bishop · diocese · apostolic
mediator
Neutral conflict resolver
- arbitratorOne who resolves disputes
- arbitralOf binding dispute resolution
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
settlement · negotiation · dispute · neutral · binding · nonbinding · resolve · compromise · third-party · award
- Legal Artcourtroom art, scales of justice, gavel, courtroom scenes, Lady Justice
- canon lawchurch law, canonist, canons, church court, canonists
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- institucionesescuela, universidad, academia, hospital, biblioteca
- secteur publicpolice, justice, prison, musee, douane
tribunallegislature
Lawmaking governmental branch
parliament · lawmaking body · executive branch · administration · regulatory agency
tribunallynch mob
Crowd executing without trial
mob rule · backroom deal · mob justice · vigilantism · anarchy
- military tribunalsArmed forces judicial bodies
- war tribunalsBodies prosecuting combat crimes
- war crimes tribunalCourt for battlefield violations
- Chicago TribuneIllinois metropolitan daily paper
- international tribunalMultinational judicial institution
- criminal tribunalCourt handling serious offenses