"The Universal Court of Arbitration and the International Tribunal are the same. When the Bahá'í State will be established they will be merged in the Universal House of Justice."
-- From a letter, dated June 17, 1933, written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi
http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_equality_monogamy_uhj
It appears to me as though the Guardian believed that the International (or Supreme) Tribunal, which he elsewhere connected with the Lesser Peace, would, in a "Baha'i State," become an agency of the Universal House of Justice. Although I see this as the most likely reading, there are other possibilities, too.
The above sentences may reflect Shoghi Effendi's expections at the time, but, as we have recently seen with the Lesser Peace, I don't think anyone will know until the time has come.
Via moderna, Mark A. Foster • http://markfoster.net
... since [a] word is said to be common, it can be called
a universal. - Wm. of Ockham, Summa Logicae, part I
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