Court-martial

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Court-martial \Court`-mar"tial\ (k?rt`m?r"shal), n.; pl.
     {Courts-martial} (k?rts`-).
     A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the
     trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses
     against military or naval law.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Court-martial \Court`-mar"tial\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Court-martialed} (-shald); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Court-martialing}.]
     To subject to trial by a court-martial.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  court-martial
       n 1: a military court to try serious breaches of martial law
       2: a trial by court martial
       v : subject to trial by court-martial
       [also: {court-martialling}, {court-martialled}]