court-martial
Armed forces tribunal
A court-martial is a military court that tries members of the armed forces for offenses under military law.
The term also refers to a trial by such a court.
As a verb, to court-martial someone is to subject them to this process: He was court-martialed for desertion.
Plural: courts-martial or court-martials.
Judicial decision-making body
- verdictOfficial court decision
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
defense · witness · cross-examination · plea · arraignment · indictment · acquittal · conviction
Military legal branch
- convening authorityOfficial who calls tribunals
- commanding officerMilitary leader of unit
- uniformIdentical throughout
- enlistedSigned up formally
commissioned · military justice · chain of command · soldier · sailor · marine · airman · reservist
Punitive military separation
- demotionReduction in status
- confinementState of being restricted
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- hard laborStrenuous punitive work
imprisonment · dismissal · reprimand · brig · stockade · sentence · penalty · cashiering
Armed forces legal system
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- combat zoneActive military conflict area
- military installationArmed forces facility
- extraterritorialOutside local legal authority
tribunal
Judicial decision-making body
prosecution · defense · witness · cross-examination · plea · arraignment · indictment · acquittal · conviction · appeal
JAG
Military legal branch
- convening authorityOfficial who calls tribunals
- commanding officerMilitary leader of unit
- uniformIdentical throughout
enlisted · commissioned · military justice · chain of command · soldier · sailor · marine · airman · reservist · guardsman
dishonorable discharge
Punitive military separation
- demotionReduction in status
- confinementState of being restricted
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
hard labor · imprisonment · dismissal · reprimand · brig · stockade · sentence · penalty · cashiering · restriction
military law
Armed forces legal system
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- combat zoneActive military conflict area
- military installationArmed forces facility
- Military Justicemilitary courts, JAG, military tribunals, military law, military judge
- specialty courts
- military lawmilitary courts, military justice, judge advocate, JAG, military discipline
- military punishmentsflogging, lashing, whipping, brig, keelhauling
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
court-martialcivil court
Forum for private disputes
criminal court · state court · federal court · county court · municipal court
court-martialacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
honorable discharge · dismissal · exoneration · case dismissed · dropped charges
court-martialhonorable discharge
Satisfactory military service completion
commendation · promotion · decoration · military honors · distinguished service
court, courtesy, marshal, martial, courtship, courthouse, militia, courtroom, courtrooms