单词 | court martial |
释义 | court martialn. 1. a. A judicial court, consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of military or naval offences, or the administration of martial law.There are various kinds of courts martial, differing in power and function, as general, garrison, regimental. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court dealing with military offences court martiala1604 drumhead1796 court of inquiry1808 drumhead court-martial1835 α. β. 1651 Ld. Derby Addr. in J. Seacome Mem. (1741) 135 If a Judgment be given in one Court Martial, there is no Appeal to any other Court Martial.1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 78 Leaving them to the Mercy of their Opponents Court-Marshalls, who presently doom'd them to be shot to death.1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 497. ⁋1 Without waiting the Judgment of court-martials.1814 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XII. 33 The formation of the General Court Martial for the trial of Lieut. General Sir John Murray, Bart.1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 230 The Mutiny Act restricts the award of Corporal Punishment by a General Court-Martial to 200 Lashes; by a District or Garrison Court-Martial to 150 Lashes; and by a Regimental Court-Martial to 100 Lashes.1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) I. vi. 492 Cnut's Courts Martials ever really exercised this sort of jurisdiction.a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 120 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) They enter into consultation, and call a martiall court. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle v. sig. I4v As I am a Souldier and a Gentle-man, it craues a Martiall Court. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. vi. 42 Hee sent direction for their imprisonment..untill hee might haue leasure to try the delinquents by a Marshals Court. 1639 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1735) XX. 367/1 We do give.. to you full power..to hold..one or more Military or Martial or Marshal Court or Courts. b. drumhead court-martial: a court-martial summoned round an upturned drum, for summary treatment of offenders during military operations. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court dealing with military offences court martiala1604 drumhead1796 court of inquiry1808 drumhead court-martial1835 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > other types of trial oyer?a1475 trial by proviso1676 political trial1774 drumhead court-martial1835 trial at bar1866 speedy trial1894 show trial1928 treason trial1930 war trial1949 split trial1960 spy trial1972 1835 C. Shaw Let. 25 Sept. in Personal Mem. & Corr. (1837) II. 449 I had the thirteen ringleaders tried by a drum-head court-martial. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 20 Apr. There is no more law but that of drumhead court-martial. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. 27 Taken to Morant Bay..tried by a sort of drumhead court martial, and instantly hanged. c. attributive. Π 1833 Palmerston in Bulwer Life (1870) II. x. 149 Hardly any [Tories] voted with us on the court-martial clauses. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > council of war > permanent council of war1590 court martial1632 1632 J. Story tr. Short Surv. Sweden 43 The next..is the colledge of war, wherein are handled all Martiall or Military affaires, and is called the Court marshall or martiall. To this court belongs the Councell of War..and over this court presides the great Marshall of the kingdome. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1604 |
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