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Court-martial — redirects here. For other uses, see Court Martial (disambiguation). The field court martial of the Finnish 15th Brigade in July 1944 A court martial (plural courts martial, as martial is postpositive) is a military court. A court martial is… … Wikipedia
court-martial — n. (1) A military court that hears cases involving members of the armed forces. (2) A trial or proceeding before a military court. v. To try someone in a court martial. pl. courts martial or court martials The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx… … Law dictionary
court-martial — [kôrt′mär΄shəl] n. pl. courts martial; for COURT MARTIAL 2, now often court martials 1. a court of personnel in the armed forces for the trial of persons accused of breaking military law: see SUMMARY COURT MARTIAL, SPECIAL COURT MARTIAL, GENERAL… … English World dictionary
court-martial — court martials, court martialling, court martialled (The spellings court martialing and court martialed are used in American English; courts martial is also used as a plural form for the noun.) 1) N VAR A court martial is a trial in a military… … English dictionary
court–martial — court–mar·tial 1 / kōrt ˌmär shəl/ n pl courts–martial also court–martials 1: a court consisting of commissioned officers and in some instances enlisted personnel for the trial of members of the armed forces or others within its jurisdiction 2: a … Law dictionary
court martial — also court martial, 1650s (pl. courts martial), originally martial court (1570s), from COURT (Cf. court) + MARTIAL (Cf. martial). As a verb, from 1859 … Etymology dictionary
court martial — ► NOUN (pl. courts martial or court martials) ▪ a judicial court for trying members of the armed services accused of breaking military law. ► VERB (court martial) (court martialled, court martialling; US court martialed, court martialing) … English terms dictionary
court-martial — court martial1 [ US ˈ. ˌ..] n [U and C] a court that judges soldiers etc who may have broken military law, or an occasion when this judgment is made ▪ Navy commanders recommended that he be tried by court martial. court martial 2 court martial2… … Dictionary of contemporary English
court-martial — court martial1 noun count a court for trials of members of the military who have broken military laws a. a trial in a military court court martial ,court martial 2 verb transitive to judge someone in a military court a. to decide that someone is… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
court-martial — court′ mar tial [[t]ˈkɔrt, ˈkoʊrt[/t]] n. pl. courts mar•tial, court mar•tials, 1) mil a military court appointed by a commander to try armed forces personnel charged with infractions of military law 2) mil a trial by such a court 3) mil to… … From formal English to slang
Court-martial — Court mar tial, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Court martialed} ( shald); p. pr. & vb. n. {Court martialing}.] To subject to trial by a court martial. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
