Court-martial

A court martial is a trial by military authorities. "Martial" is a word that is often used instead of military.

Martial law sometimes means, in time of emergency such as wartime, that civilians can be tried by court martial.

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Court-martial Media

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Illustration of a naval court-martial by Charles Joseph Staniland
The Field Court Martial of the Finnish 15th Brigade in July 1944
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Jalame Prison (Kishon Detention Center), located at the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Jalama, Haifa
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A court-martial scene in the 1954 film The Caine Mutiny