The Collaborative International Dictionary
Court-martial \Court`-mar"tial\ (k?rt`m?r"shal), n.; pl. Courts-martial (k?rts`-). 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.
Wiktionary
n. (court-martial English)
Usage examples of "courts-martial".
He is the ultimate tribunal for the enforcement of the rules and regulations which Congress adopts for the government of the forces, and which are enforced through courts-martial.
When the mutiny bill fell under deliberation, the earl of Egmont proposed a new clause for empowering and requiring regimental courts-martial to examine witnesses upon oath in all their trials.
The commanding generals, who have power to act on proceedings of courts-martial in such cases, are authorized in special cases to restore to duty deserters under sentence, when in their judgment the service will be thereby benefited.
Upon returning to space, Kirk had found it necessary to convene two summary courts-martial, issue four immediate demotions, and write five severe reprimands for actions committed during the period of leave.
Soldiers courts-martialed for particularly savage murders and condemned to life sentences were offered the choice of rotting in maximum-security military prisons or earning a measure of freedom by participating in this secret enterprise.
Orders for troops and more orders, papers for reports and requisitions, muster rolls and dispatches, courts-martial and decorations for valor.