summary court-martial
Americannoun
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Overlooked somehow in their summary court-martial, however, has been 50 years of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Thongs in hand you two have overturned my motives, and, by a very summary court-martial, condemned them to be scourged out.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans
There was always something or other to be looked after; and when he came home he would generally subject her, in a jokingly harsh tone, to an examination, which he called holding a summary court-martial.
From The Pilot and his Wife by Lie, Jonas Lauritz Idemil
And with a memory o' the last time I'd been up before a summary court-martial, I takes charge of the case.
From Sonnie-Boy's People by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
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