Court-martial (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural courts-mar·tial, court-mar·tials.
  1. a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
  2. a trial by such a court.
  3. a conviction by such a court: He lost his privileges because of his court-martial.
  4. a session of such a court: He attended the court-martial this morning.
verb (used with object), court-mar·tialed, court-mar·tial·ing or (especially British) court-mar·tialled, court-mar·tial·ling.
  1. to arraign and try by court-martial.
noun plural court martials or courts martial
  1. a military court that tries persons subject to military law
verb court-martial, -tials, -tialling or -tialled or US -tials, -tialing or -tialed
  1. to try by court martial
Court-martial (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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