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court-mar⋅tial

[kawrt-mahr-shuhl, -mahr-, kohrt-] noun, plural courts-mar⋅tial, court-mar⋅tials, verb, -tialed, -tial⋅ing or (especially British) -tialled, -tial⋅ling.
–noun
1. a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
2. a trial by such a court.
3. a conviction by such a court: He lost his privileges because of his court-martial.
4. a session of such a court: He attended the court-martial this morning.
–verb (used with object)
5. to arraign and try by court-martial.

Origin:
1565–75; earlier martial court
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Main Entry: 2court–martial
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -mar·tialed also -mar·tialled; -mar·tial·ing also -mar·tial·ling
: to subject to trial by court-martial
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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