court-martial

See also: courtmartial and court martial

English

Etymology

court + martial

Noun

court-martial (plural courts-martial)

1. (law, military) A military court of law.
2. (law, military) A trial before such a tribunal.

Related terms

• drumhead court-martial
• general court-martial
• special court-martial
• summary court-martial

Translations

military court

• Bulgarian: военен съд m (voenen sǎd)
• Esperanto: militkortumo
• Finnish: sotaoikeus; kenttäoikeus (fi) (drumhead court-martial)
• Hebrew: בית דין צבאי (he)
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• Polish: sąd wojskowy m
• Russian: трибуна́л (ru) m (tribunál), вое́нный суд m (vojénnyj sud)

military trial

• Finnish: sotilasoikeudenkäynti, kenttäoikeudenkäynti
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• Russian: трибуна́л (ru) m (tribunál), вое́нный суд m (vojénnyj sud)

Verb

court-martial (third-person singular simple present court-martials, present participle (US) court-martialing or (UK) court-martialling, simple past and past participle (US) court-martialed or (UK) court-martialled)

1. To subject to trial in a military court.

Anagrams

• matriculator