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court-martial

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court-mar·tial (kôrtmärshl, krt-)
n. pl. courts-mar·tial (kôrts-, krts-)
1. A military or naval court of officers appointed by a commander to try persons for offenses under military law.
2. A trial by such a military tribunal.
tr.v. court-mar·tialed also court-mar·tialled, court-mar·tial·ing also court-mar·tial·ling, court-mar·tials also court-mar·tials
To try by military tribunal.
[From martial court.]
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Noun1.court-martial - a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
drumhead court-martial - a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offenses committed in action
special court-martial - a court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers
military court - a judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel
2.court-martial - a trial that is conducted by a military court
trial - (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
military law - the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel
Verb1.court-martial - subject to trial by court-martial
adjudicate, try, judge - put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
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The adjutant told them that the affair was likely to take a very bad turn: that a court-martial had been appointed, and that in view of the severity with which marauding and insubordination were now regarded, degradation to the ranks would be the best that could be hoped for.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Burges, Duer and Mackenzie, 1843; The French Governess; or, The Embroidered Handkerchief, 1843; Richard Dale, 1843; Wyandotte, 1843; Ned Myers, or Life before the Mast, 1843; Afloat and Ashore (Miles Wallingford, Lucy Hardinge), two series, 1844; Proceedings of the Naval Court-Martial in the Case of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, etc.
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
You see, it won't ever do for me, a brigadier in the regular army, to preside over that infant court-martial - there isn't any precedent for it, don't you see.
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
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