secret tribunal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecretandtribunal
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secret
adjective
uk/ˈsiː.krət/us/ˈsiː.krət/
If something is secret, other people are not allowed to know ...
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tribunal
noun[C]
uk/traɪˈbjuː.nəl/us/traɪˈbjuː.nəl/
a special court or group of people who are officially chosen, especially by the government, to examine (legal) problems of a ...
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(Definition ofsecretandtribunalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is not a court of law, but asecrettribunal.
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This is indeed asecrettribunalbefore which the member of the public will not be appearing at all.
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Surely it is better, if there is to be a dispute as to charges, that it should be decided in a court, and not to have anothersecrettribunal.
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We find that we have not only surrendered the sovereignty of our courts to an alien court; we have now learned that it is asecrettribunal.
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This is nosecrettribunal: the public and press are present and the press is free to report the proceedings fully.
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He stated that those people had been brought before asecrettribunal, and that they had no knowledge of the charges against them and no opportunity of rebutting those charges.
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Now there is another general standing in front of asecrettribunal, and we all know how that will end.
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After asecrettribunalmost of the accused were convicted and several death sentences were handed down.
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Suspects may not receive a public trial, and instead may be convicted in a kangaroo court-style show trial, or by asecrettribunal.
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Most of those who objected to empowering the divorce court in this regard warned of the dangers of secret tribunals.
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They were secret documents giving, or professing to give particulars of meeting of secret tribunals.
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I want to know whether it is fair to have people tried by secret tribunals?
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