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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 Catholic Church, a tribunal usually refers to literally one of three instances of ecclesiastical courts: (1) a diocesan tribunal (2) a provincial tribunal, that is, of more than one diocese and commonly referred to as an appellate court (3) the Sacra Rota Romana, or Sacred Roman Rota, the highest court of appeals.
Many bodies that are titled 'tribunals' are so described to emphasize the fact that they are not courts of normal jurisdiction. For example the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is a body specially constituted under international law; in Great Britain, Employment Tribunals are bodies set up to hear specific employment disputes. Private judicial bodies are also often styled 'tribunals'. The word 'tribunal' is not conclusive of a body's function. For example, in Great Britain, the Employment Appeal Tribunal is a superior court of record.
Gresca entre druidas: Tribunal Constitucional y Tribunal Supremo
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"Movie on al Qaeda unveiled at tribunal; The Pentagon premiered a controversial, gory movie at a war crimes tribunal showing al Qaeda's mayhem"
"Movie on al Qaeda unveiled at tribunal; The Pentagon premiered a controversial, gory movie at a war crimes tribunal showing al Qaeda's mayhem": Carol Rosenberg has this article today in The Miami Herald...
"Jury is out for Hamdan -- and the tribunal process; The first person to be tried in a military tribunal at Guantanamo will remain incarcerated no matter the verdict; Concerns remain about the procedure's fairness"
"Jury is out for Hamdan -- and the tribunal process; The first person to be tried in a military tribunal at Guantanamo will remain incarcerated no matter the verdict; Concerns remain about the procedure's fairness": Carol J...
When a Tribunal is not a tribunal
The Chief Justice of the Western Australian Supreme Court has confirmed the decision of the Acting Information Commissioner that the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal is not "a court or tribunal" for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, and found no error of law in the Acting Commissioner's decision to grant access to a report by Mercer consultants on senior public service pay - now some years old...
Candor toward the tribunal
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Tribunal claims increase
Shropshire employers are being warned to make sure they?re fully prepared for potential employment tribunals after a huge increase this year...
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