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Noun: court-martial (courts-martial,court-martials)  'kort,maa(r)-shul
  1. (military) a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law
     
  2. (military law) a trial that is conducted by a military court
Verb: court-martial (court-martialled,court-martialling, or [US] court-martialed,court-martialing)  'kort,maa(r)-shul
  1. Subject to trial by court-martial

Derived forms: court-martialled, court-martials, court-martialling, courts-martial

Type of: adjudicate, judge, military court, trial, try

Encyclopedia: Court-martial

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