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Tribunal — is a generic term for any body acting judicially, whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. For example, an advocate appearing before a Court on which a single Judge was sitting could describe that judge as their tribunal .In the Roman … Wikipedia
ecclesiastical court — ec·cle·si·as·ti·cal court /i ˌklē zē as ti kəl / n: a court having jurisdiction in ecclesiastical affairs: a tribunal in an ecclesiastical body – called also Court Christian; Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
