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bench
A terrace along the bank of a body of water, often marking a former shoreline
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  1. A terrace along the bank of a body of water, often marking a former shoreline
  2. A long seat for several persons, with or without a back and often made of wood or stone
  3. Judges collectively or of a particular court. See also bar.
bar
A counter at which alcoholic drinks and sometimes food are served
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  1. A counter at which alcoholic drinks and sometimes food are served
  2. A legal obstacle or barrier that prevents or destroys a legal action or claim, especially one that prevents the relitigation of an issue or the formation of a valid contract. See also double jeopardy, estoppel, merger, plea, and res judicata. A legal obstacle or barrier that prevents or destroys a legal action or claim, especially one that prevents the relitigation of an issue or the formation of a valid contract. See also double jeopardy, estoppel, merger, plea, and res judicata. To prevent, prohibit, or act as a bar to. In bar. As a bar to an action. For example, if a defendant in a criminal action was acquitted earlier of the same charges that he is now accused, he may plead double jeopardy in bar. At bar. Now before the court. For example, an action that is before the court may be referred to as the case at bar. The legal profession in general. A group of attorneys admitted to practice law in a particular jurisdiction or before a particular court or who practice in a common field or area of expertise in the law. The railing in a courtroom that separates the area used by the judge, lawyers, and court personnel to conduct judicial business from the seating provided for observers. See also bench.
  3. Something that impedes or prevents action or progress:
assizes
(Plural only) The regional courts of Great Britain, which were replaced by the crown courts in 1971.
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  1. (Plural only) The regional courts of Great Britain, which were replaced by the crown courts in 1971.
  2. A trial or hearing before such a court.
  3. Plural form of assize
bar
The railing enclosing the part of a law court where the judges or lawyers sit, or where prisoners are brought to trial
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  1. The railing enclosing the part of a law court where the judges or lawyers sit, or where prisoners are brought to trial
  2. A law court or system of courts
  3. A court or courtroom.
court
The building or other locale where a judge or judges adjudicate legal disputes.
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  1. The building or other locale where a judge or judges adjudicate legal disputes.
  2. A surname​ for someone who worked or lived in a court.
  3. The judge or judges who sit on a court.
Find another word for tribunal. In this page you can discover 7 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tribunal, like: bench, bar, assizes, court, bar, court and law.

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  • As a tribunal it had no legal status.

  • When sitting in its capacity as a criminal court it is known as the tribunal correctionnel.

  • Under cover of a storm, they opened the city-gates to their allies and proceeded to murder Ananus the high priest, and, against the verdict of a formal tribunal, Zacharias the son of Baruch in the midst of the Temple.

  • In the absence of a tribunal de commerce commercial cases come before the ordinary tribunal darrondissement.

  • In 1481, three years after the Sixtine commission, a tribunal was inaugurated at Seville, where freedom of speech and licence of manner were rife.

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