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general court-martial
noun
- a court-martial having the authority to try any offense against military law and to impose a sentence of dishonorable discharge or of death when provided by law.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of general court-martial1
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Example Sentences
At last the orders came to conduct Farid Khan to Calcutta to appear before a general court martial.
If recaptured they were tried by a general court martial and sentenced to severe punishments.
A man from one of the new regular regiments had been sentenced by a general court-martial to be shot for desertion.
He was shortly after tried by a general court-martial, and transported as a felon for life.
And I'll name no names, either, and then by no accident will there be a general court-martial coming to me some day.
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