court-martials
Armed forces prosecutions
Court-martials is the plural of court-martial, a military court that tries members of the armed forces for offenses under military law.
The term also refers to trials conducted by such courts.
As a verb, to court-martial is to try someone before a military tribunal: He was court-martialed for desertion.
The alternative plural courts-martial is also used.
Military legal branch
- military justiceArmed forces legal system
- commandersMilitary authority figures
- officersThose holding authority
- enlistedSigned up formally
service members · military law · chain of command · dishonorable discharge · brig · stockade · conduct unbecoming · insubordination
Bodies adjudicating disputes
- trialsFormal legal proceedings
- hearingsOfficial evidence-gathering sessions
- convictionsStrongly held beliefs
- acquittalsVerdicts freeing defendants
verdicts · sentences · judgments · prosecutions · deliberations · testimonies · evidence · charges
JAG
Military legal branch
- military justiceArmed forces legal system
- commandersMilitary authority figures
- officersThose holding authority
enlisted · service members · military law · chain of command · dishonorable discharge · brig · stockade · conduct unbecoming · insubordination · desertion
tribunals
Bodies adjudicating disputes
- trialsFormal legal proceedings
- hearingsOfficial evidence-gathering sessions
- convictionsStrongly held beliefs
acquittals · verdicts · sentences · judgments · prosecutions · deliberations · testimonies · evidence · charges · accusations
general
Widespread, not specialized
field · wartime · peacetime · capital · appellate · retrial · joint · expedited · formal · convening authority
court-martialscriminal trials
Court cases for offenses
civil courts · civil proceedings · criminal courts · jury trials · state courts
court-martialsoffice hours
Designated meeting availability
letter of reprimand · written warning · verbal warning · demotion · extra duty
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