Tri-bū'nal, n.

n. [Fr., Pr., Sp., & Pg. tribunal, It. tribunale, Lat. trībūnal, trībūnale, from tribunus, a tribune who administered justice.]

1. The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.
2. Hence, a court of justice; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
3. [Fr. tribunal.] In France, a gallery or eminence in a church or other place, in which the musical performers are placed for a concert.