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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Plural of court-martial.
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- n. Plural form of court-martial
Examples
“The governor had given Washington revised powers to call courts-martial early in April 1756, and the colonel complained that the Virginia act against mutiny and desertion was not broad enough.”
“Officials involved in the courts-martial had issued a strict protective order, seeking to severely limit access to the photographs due to their sensitive nature.”
“Excerpt: As required by the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the rules and procedures in the Manual for Military Commissions apply the principles of law and the rules of evidence used in general courts-martial, so far as the secretary of Defense considers practicable or consistent with military or intelligence activities.”
“The DOD has an imperfect, but much better, tradition of respecting the instructions of their commander in chief, and have institutions, like courts-martial and line authority, designed to foster responsiveness to the chain of command.”
“Misconduct by military officers has been punished in courts-martial which have tended to convict with some frequency, but impose very modest punishments for serious war crimes.”
“Washington already had power to confine offenders, so courts-martial could wait.”
“Washington ordered courts-martial on average every other day, and his punishments were such that Braddock would have approved: lashes by the hundreds and many instances of death by hanging or firing squad.”
“The legislation provided that the findings of courts-martial must be approved by the governor before sentence could be executed, which meant delay.”
“Under both federal procedure and the rules governing regular military courts-martial, evidentiary standards are relaxed during the sentencing phase of a case.”
“Of nearly 3,100 courts-martial last year in the four major armed services, only 27 were trials for wearing illegal decorations.”
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