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court-mar·tial
(kôrt′mär′shəl)n. pl. courts-mar·tial (kôrts′-)
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, court-mar·tial·ing, court-mar·tials also court-mar·tialled or court-mar·tial·ling
To try by military tribunal.
[From martial court.]
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court′-mar`tial
(ˈkɔrt, ˈkoʊrt)n., pl. courts-mar•tial, court-mar•tials, n.
1. a military court appointed by a commander to try armed forces personnel charged with infractions of military law.
2. a trial by such a court.
v.t. 3. to arraign and try by court-martial.
[1650–60; earlier martial court]
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Past participle: court-martialled
Gerund: court-martialling
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Noun | 1. | 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 | |
Verb | 1. | 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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court-martial
[ˈkɔːtˈmɑːʃəl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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court
(koːt) noun1. a place where legal cases are heard. a magistrates' court; the High Court.
2. the judges and officials of a legal court. The accused is to appear before the court on Friday.
3. a marked-out space for certain games. a tennis-court; a squash court.
4. the officials, councillors etc of a king or queen. the court of King James.
5. the palace of a king or queen. Hampton Court.
6. an open space surrounded by houses or by the parts of one house.
verb1. to try to win the love of; to woo.
2. to try to gain (admiration etc).
3. to seem to be deliberately risking (disaster etc).
ˈcourtier (-tiə) noun a member of the court of a king or queen. He was one of King James' courtiers.
ˈcourtly adjective having fine manners.
ˈcourtliness nounˈcourtship noun
courting or wooing.
ˈcourthouse noun a building where legal cases are held.
ˌcourt-ˈmartial – plural ˌcourts-ˈmartial – noun a court held by officers of the armed forces to try offences against discipline.
ˈcourtyard noun a court or enclosed ground beside, or surrounded by, a building. the courtyard of the castle.
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