Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A military or naval court of officers appointed by a commander to try persons for offenses under military law.
- noun A trial by such a military tribunal.
- transitive verb To try by military tribunal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To arraign and try by court martial (as an officer of the army or navy) for offenses against the military or naval laws of the country. See
court martial , under court.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.
- transitive verb To subject to trial by a court-martial.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law (
military ) A military court of law. - noun law (
military ) Atrial before such a tribunal. - verb To undergo trial in a military court.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb subject to trial by court-martial
- noun a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law
- noun a trial that is conducted by a military court
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the presiding judge ultimately decides what charges to refer to court-martial and whether to impose the death penalty.
Wired Top Stories Kim Zetter 2011
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Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs was back in court for the reopening of his so-called Article 32 hearing, a proceeding to hear evidence roughly equivalent to a grand jury session that determines whether case gets referred to court-martial for trial.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Many members of the unit are among the 28 witnesses scheduled to testify in the court-martial, which is expected to last into next week.
NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM YARDLEY 2011
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Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs was back in court for a reopened Article 32 hearing, a military justice proceeding roughly equivalent to a grand jury session that determines whether a case gets referred to court-martial for trial.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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And McCoy’s vehement refusal to be carried made it clear to Spock that invoking command privilege in this instance would be futile; the doctor obviously found the idea of court-martial preferable to that of being carried by the Vulcan.
Demons J. M. Dillard 2000
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And McCoy’s vehement refusal to be carried made it clear to Spock that invoking command privilege in this instance would be futile; the doctor obviously found the idea of court-martial preferable to that of being carried by the Vulcan.
Demons J. M. Dillard 2000
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And McCoy’s vehement refusal to be carried made it clear to Spock that invoking command privilege in this instance would be futile; the doctor obviously found the idea of court-martial preferable to that of being carried by the Vulcan.
Demons J. M. Dillard 2000
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Washington gave officers an extension to December 1 to fill their quotas, threatening trial by court-martial if they did not succeed.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Washington wanted Virginia to copy an act of Parliament of 1689, providing that mutiny, sedition, or desertion “should be punished with death or such other penalty as a court-martial might judge.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Stephen rounded up all but six, identified the ringleaders, put them in front of a court-martial, and sentenced some to death and others to be “flogged severely.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
dailyword commented on the word court-martial
These would be held on Star Trek episodes a lot.
July 8, 2012