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The maritime tribunal condemned him, for this crime, to a prolongation of his term for three years, which made eight years.

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 Meanings and Examples of TRIBUNAL
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tribunal
 n.  seat of a judge; bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice; court or forum
Classic Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1  The maritime tribunal condemned him, for this crime, to a prolongation of his term for three years, which made eight years.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
2  He constituted himself the tribunal.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
3  At that moment he was conscious that his police agent's stool was a tribunal.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WIT...
4  Oh," said Milady, raising herself, "I defy you to find any tribunal which pronounced that infamous sentence against me.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 65 TRIAL
5  If I am guilty, if I have committed the crimes you accuse me of," shrieked Milady, "take me before a tribunal.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 66 EXECUTION
6  It could have betokened nothing short of the anticipated execution of some noted culprit, on whom the sentence of a legal tribunal had but confirmed the verdict of public sentiment.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In II. THE MARKET-PLACE
7  Continually, and in a thousand other ways, did she feel the innumerable throbs of anguish that had been so cunningly contrived for her by the undying, the ever-active sentence of the Puritan tribunal.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
8  A higher Judge had taken the matter in hand, and Jefferson Hope had been summoned before a tribunal where strict justice would be meted out to him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
9  So that, unless an accuser be wanting, a tribunal is never wanting in Venice to keep powerful citizens in check.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLIX.
10  Whereupon the people, smitten with religious awe, chose all the tribunes from the nobles.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII.
11  And when, in spite of this, the tribunes stubbornly persisted in their efforts to pass the law, declaring the act of Herdonius to be a device of the nobles and no real danger.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII.
12  The institutions of the State consisted in the authority of the people, the senate, the tribunes, and the consuls; in the methods of choosing and appointing magistrates; and in the arrangements for passing laws.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII.
13  For when a dictator was appointed there still remained the tribunes, the consuls, and the senate, all of them invested with authority of which the dictator could not deprive them.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXV
14  So that the senate, the consuls, and the tribunes continuing to exist with undiminished authority were a check upon him and kept him in the right road.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXV
15  For they thought that were the decemvirs to lay down office of their own free will, tribunes might not be reappointed.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XL.
Example Sentence:
1  They were handed over to a military tribunal for trial.
2  The tribunal heard complaints against the director.
3  An industrial tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide whether an employee was fairly or unfairly dismissed.
4  The tribunal is unique because Mr Jones is not subject to the normal police discipline code.
5  He went to the industrial tribunal to seek redress for the way his employers had discriminated against him.
6  A war crimes tribunal was set up to prosecute those charged with atrocities.
7  If the clubs cannot conclude a deal, an independent tribunal will decide.
8  Yugoslavia surrendered Mr Milosevic to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
9  The tribunal has authority to settle certain types of dispute.
10  No legal aid was available to cover representation before tribunals.
11  Full time welfare officers represent individuals at pension tribunals, and are able to offer professional advice on legal matters and housing.