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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)