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  • 1Court-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… …

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  • 2court-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… …

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  • 3court-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… …

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  • 4Court Martial (Star Trek: The Original Series) — Court Martial Star Trek: The Original Series episode Kirk is tried for the wrongful death of a crewman Episode no. Season 1 Ep …

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  • 5Court Martial (horse) — Court Martial Sire Fair Trial Grandsire Fairway Dam Instanta …

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  • 6Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada — Coat of Arms of the Court Martial Appeal Court Established 1959 Jurisdiction Canada …

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  • 7Court Martial (1928 film) — Court Martial Directed by George B. Seitz Produced by Harry Cohn Written by Elmer Blaney Harris (story) Anthony Coldeway (adaptation) …

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  • 8court-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… …

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  • 9court–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 …

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  • 10court martial — also court martial, 1650s (pl. courts martial), originally martial court (1570s), from COURT (Cf. court) + MARTIAL (Cf. martial). As a verb, from 1859 …

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