courts-martial

Variant of court-martial

court-martial definition

court·-martial (kôrt′mär′s̸həl)

noun pl. courts-martial courts′·-mar′tial, court-martials court′·-mar′tials

  1. a court of personnel in the armed forces for the trial of persons accused of breaking military law
  2. a trial by a court-martial
  3. a conviction by a court-martial

transitive verb court-martialed -·tialed or court-martialled -·tialled, court-martialing -·tialing or court-martialling -·tialling

  1. to try by a court-martial
  2. to convict by a court-martial

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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