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• summary court–martial — n: a court martial consisting of one commissioned officer and having authority to impose no sentence in excess of one month s confinement or forfeiture of two thirds of one month s pay compare general court martial, special court martial Merriam… …   Law dictionary

• summary court-martial — n. the least formal military court, consisting of one officer, for judging minor offenses …   English World dictionary

• summary court-martial — noun : a court martial consisting of one commissioned officer and having authority to impose no sentence in excess of one month s confinement or forfeiture of two thirds of one month s pay compare general court martial, special court martial * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• summary court-martial — U.S. Mil. a court martial composed of one commissioned officer, authorized to try minor offenses against military law. * * * …   Universalium

• summary court-martial — The lowest in the rank of courts martial, conducted before one commissioned officer, limited in jurisdiction to offenses of a minor or petty nature of which enlisted men, not commissioned officers, stand accused …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Court-martial — redirects here. For other uses, see Court Martial (disambiguation). The field court martial of the Finnish 15th Brigade in July 1944 A court martial (plural courts martial, as martial is postpositive) is a military court. A court martial is… …   Wikipedia

• court-martial — n. (1) A military court that hears cases involving members of the armed forces. (2) A trial or proceeding before a military court. v. To try someone in a court martial. pl. courts martial or court martials The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx… …   Law dictionary

• court-martial — [kôrt′mär΄shəl] n. pl. courts martial; for COURT MARTIAL 2, now often court martials 1. a court of personnel in the armed forces for the trial of persons accused of breaking military law: see SUMMARY COURT MARTIAL, SPECIAL COURT MARTIAL, GENERAL… …   English World dictionary

• summary trial — in criminal procedure, a trial without a jury decided upon both on the facts and the law by a judge who may be legally qualified or may be a magistrate (who has legal advice if required). Maximum sentences are usually lower than cases prosecuted… …   Law dictionary

• Summary justice — Not to be confused with formal proceedings of so called Summary judgment (e.g. in United States courts, for civil matters where there is no dispute of material fact). Summary justice refers to the trial and punishment of suspected offenders… …   Wikipedia

• summary — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) a brief account; an abridgement. adj. 1 dispensing with needless details or formalities; brief (a summary account). 2 Law (of a trial etc.) without the customary legal formalities (summary justice). Phrases and idioms:… …   Useful english dictionary