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tribunals

noun

plural of tribunal

as in courts

an assembly of persons for the administration of justice was tried before a military tribunal and found not guilty of the charges

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Recent Examples of tribunals Based upon their replies, occupying Allied officials ranked their culpability, then tried the worst offenders — most famously in the Nuremberg trials, but also in numerous local tribunals. — Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Lawmakers are prohibited by the state Constitution from being paid representatives for individuals or entities before state agencies other than judicial tribunals. — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026 In 1996, the United Nations selected her as chief prosecutor of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. — Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 Located just 2 miles away from the former insurance building that housed the residual mechanism, the ICC was set up as a permanent, global court to prosecute humanity’s worst crimes and forestall the need to create ad hoc tribunals for every conflict. — ABC News, 20 May 2026 But through a series of deft legal maneuvers—joined to the ever more ambitious self-concepts of some international legal tribunals—Mauritius was able to win a second legal victory at another international tribunal, for the law of the sea. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026 The position will also represent the department in front of administrative tribunals such as the State Personnel Board and the California Department of Human Resources as well as assist the attorney general’s office on civil litigation matters. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado updated February 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026 The Nuremberg trials also helped to establish precedents used in later international criminal tribunals, including those in the wake of the Bosnian war and Rwandan genocide, and influenced the formation of the International Criminal Court, which began operating in 2002 in The Hague. — B.b. Blaber, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025 That panel included two former judges who had overseen international criminal tribunals, a former legal adviser to the British Foreign Office, and Amal Clooney, a British Lebanese human-rights lawyer and the wife of George Clooney. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025

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In lower courts, the administration has argued that the president has total authority to renovate the White House and other federal buildings.

— Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
In hip-hop and other genres, producers were using snippets of other people’s records; courts often ruled that this was a form of theft, although hip-hop fans tended to see it as righteous theft.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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Historians have devoted enormous attention to the collapse of the royal courts, the creation of state judiciaries, the drafting of new constitutions, and the construction of the legal institutions of the new republic.

— Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
They were also meant to help enable independent and corruption-free judiciaries in many countries, including Venezuela.

— Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026

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Rice had a side hustle as a vintage dealer and brought in plenty of pieces from the same era, including 1950s sofas by Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, a pair of 1970s blue suede armchairs, and benches from France with colorful bases.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
For more of the best end-of-season patio furniture deals at Pottery Barn, check out our favorite chairs, benches, sectionals, tables, and more below.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2026

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