Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tribunal \Tri`bu*nal"\, n. [Sp.]
   In villages of the Philippine Islands, a kind of townhall. At
   the tribunal the head men of the village met to transact
   business, prisoners were confined, and troops and travelers
   were often quartered.

Tribunal \Tri*bu"nal\, n. [L. tribunal, fr. tribunus a tribune
   who administered justice: cf. F. tribunal. See {Tribune}.]
   1. The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his
      associates sit for administering justice.

   2. Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in
      England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.

Source : WordNet®

tribunal
     n : an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct
         judicial business [syn: {court}, {judicature}]