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general court-martial

the highest military court, for judging the gravest offenses: it consists of five or more officers or enlisted men, and can impose the death sentence

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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