military commission
Armed forces authorization
A military commission is a tribunal convened by military authority to try individuals for offenses against the laws of war or military regulations, operating outside the civilian court system.
Unlike courts-martial, which try military personnel under military law, commissions historically prosecuted enemy combatants, spies, and war criminals: The defendants were tried by military commission rather than federal court.
The term also refers to the document granting an officer's rank and authority.
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- court-martialArmed forces judicial proceeding
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- rankPosition in hierarchy
authority · warrant · duty · service · brass · generals · Pentagon · orders · assignment · Guantanamo · judges · prosecution · detention · war on terror · jurisdiction · enemy combatant · mandate · uniform
- Communist ChinaCommunist Party, People's Republic, Great Leap Forward, Gang of Four, Marxism-Leninism
- North KoreaPyongyang, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-il
- special courtswar crimes tribunal, war crimes court, revolutionary tribunal, court martial, ICC
- Tribunalsinternational tribunal, war crimes tribunal, criminal tribunal, war tribunal, ICC
- commissionsbroker fee, referral fee, finder's fee, brokerage, booking fee
- Communist governanceCommunist Party, Politburo, one-party rule, single-party state, party congress
military commissionenlisted rank
Non-commissioned military grade
non-commissioned officer · NCO · enlisted personnel · private · enlistment
military commissioncivil court
Forum for private disputes
federal court · criminal court · jury trial · district court · state court
military commissioncivilian authority
Nonmilitary governmental control
military, commission, militia, militant, militancy, militarism, militaristic, militarize, militarized