summary court-martial
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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As an aside to his wife, he said, “If any of the troops give you any lip, there will be a summary court-martial when the Great Santini gets home.”
From Literature
Lee of Camp Pendleton’s 7th Engineer Support Battalion of the 1st Marine Logistic Group pleaded guilty recently at summary court-martial to belittling and berating a subordinate, according to Marine spokesman 1st Lt.
From Los Angeles Times
The five Marines who were disciplined received non-judicial punishment and were not referred to a summary court-martial, the Marine Times reported, citing a military spokesman.
From Reuters
The case was closed in January 2016 with the service finding the Marine guilty at summary court-martial of assault and not obeying a lawful order.
From Washington Post
Summary court-martial met on the following afternoon.
From Project Gutenberg
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