[
US
/ˈkɔɹtˌmɑɹʃəɫ/
]
NOUN
- a trial that is conducted by a military court
- a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law
VERB
- subject to trial by court-martial
How To Use court-martial In A Sentence
- He is due to face a court-martial on drugs charges.
- But she said the mutineers would still face court-martial proceedings.
- Corporal Spencer will be held in jail until his court-martial in 90 days.
- They were arrested and court-martialed and it wasn't until many years later that their record was expunged.
- Such objections as that the accused, at the time of the arraignment, is undergoing a sentence of a general court-martial, or that owing to the long delay in bringing him to trial he is unable to disprove the charge or to defend himself, or that his accuser was actuated by malice or is a person of bad character, or that he was released from restraint upon the charges are not proper subjects for motion prior to plea, however much they may constitute ground for a continuance or affect the questions of the truth or falsity of the charge or of the measure of punishment. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10214
- His sentence by a special court-martial judge includes discharge for bad conduct and demotion to the lowest rank of private.
- At his court-martial he'd been called a disgrace to his country. CODE BREAKER
- As to forfeiture of pay, even when a bad conduct discharge is adjudged, a special court-martial is limited by Article 19 to the adjudgment of forfeiture of two-thirds pay per month for six months. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10214
- I was court-martialled and sentenced to six months in a military prison.
- Would he feel obliged to put him in bilboes and bring him to court-martial, or could he just feed him to the sharks the crew won't say nothin', or what? The pirate smiles the fabulous smile of celebrity.
