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court-martial: see military law military law, system of rules established for the government of persons in the armed forces. In most countries the legislature establishes the code of military law. ..... Click the link for more information. . court-martialMilitary court for hearing charges brought against members of the armed forces or others within its jurisdiction; also, the legal proceeding of such a court. Most countries today have military codes of justice administered by military courts, often subject to civilian appellate review. Courts-martial are generally convened as ad hoc courts to try one or more cases referred by some high military authority. The convening officer chooses officers, and sometimes enlisted personnel, from his or her command to sit on the court, determine guilt or innocence, and hand down sentences. See also military law. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While a few small-fry have been hung out to dry in military court-martials and ongoing homicide investigations, the abuses within Iraq, Afghanistan, and now coming to light from within Cuba are all part of a pattern of behavior set up by detention and interrogation protocols winked at if not endorsed outright by official military policy or government findings. Nineteen other Marines there face court-martials and five others have received administrative punishment, according to the Pentagon. His descriptions of the terroristic acts and assassinations by right- and left-wing extremists, the summary court-martials ordered by Stolypin, and the machinations of the Union of the Russian People bring alive the revolution as i occurred in the streets. |
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