courts-martial
Armed forces hearings
Courts-martial is the plural of court-martial, a military tribunal that tries members of the armed forces for violations of military law.
The unusual plural follows the French pattern, pluralizing the noun rather than the modifier: Three courts-martial were convened that month.
The term functions as both noun and verb: officers can be courts-martialed, though court-martialed is more common for the verb.
Charge-reading court session
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- findingsConclusions from investigation
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
acquittal · conviction · deliberation · testimony · evidence · verdict · appeal · clemency
Bodies adjudicating disputes
Senior enlisted personnel, pluralized
- aides-de-campSenior officers' personal assistants
- commanders-in-chiefHighest military authority holders
- men-at-armsArmed medieval combatants
- sons-in-lawDaughters' male spouses
arraignment
Charge-reading court session
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- findingsConclusions from investigation
sentencing · acquittal · conviction · deliberation · testimony · evidence · verdict · appeal · clemency · confinement
tribunals
Bodies adjudicating disputes
sergeants-major
Senior enlisted personnel, pluralized
- aides-de-campSenior officers' personal assistants
- commanders-in-chiefHighest military authority holders
- men-at-armsArmed medieval combatants
courts-martialcivil courts
Courts handling private disputes
criminal courts · federal courts · state courts · municipal courts · county courts
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