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court-martial

Definition of court-martial

Alternative spellings

Etymology

Noun

court-martial (plural courts-martial)

  1. (law) (military) A military court of law.
  2. (law) (military) A trial before such a tribunal.

Related terms

  • summary court-martial
  • special court-martial
  • general court-martial

Verb

to court-martial (third-person singular simple present court-martials, present participle court-martialing, simple past and past participle court-martialed)

  1. To undergo trial in a military court.

Anagrams

  • Anagrams of aacilmorrttu
  • matriculator

References:

  1. Wiktionary. Published under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.



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