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general court-martial : a court-martial consisting of a military judge and usually at least five members and having authority to impose a sentence of dishonorable discharge or death compare special court-martial, summary court-martial ...
General Court
General Court : a legislative assembly ;specif : the state legislature in Massachusetts and New Hampshire ...
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General. The Judge Advocate-General is an officer appointed by letters-patent under the Great Seal. He is under the orders of the Secretary of State for War to whom he acts as legal adviser. One of his functions is to review Court-martial proceedings. All general military courts-martial are attended by a judge advocate acting by deputation, either special or general, under the hand and seal of the judge advocate-general; or by a person appointed by general officers commanding the forces abroad, to execute the office of judge advocate. The duties of an officiating judge advocate at a Court-martial are to superintend the proceedings, to make a minute of the proceedings, and to advise the Court on points of law, of custom, and of form, and so far to assist the prisoner as to elicit a full statement of the facts material to the defence. The proceedings of general courts-martial held at home are trans-mitted by the officiating judge advocate to the judge advoc...
court
court [Old French, enclosed space, royal entourage, court of justice, from Latin cohort- cohors farmyard, armed force, retinue] 1 a : an official assembly for the administration of justice : a unit of the judicial branch of government [the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior s as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish "U.S. Constitution art. III"] see also the Judicial System in the back matter b : a session of such a court c usu cap : the Supreme Court of the United States 2 : a place (as a building, hall, or room) for the administration of justice [order in the ] 3 : a judge or judges acting in official capacity [an issue to be decided by the ] [the may neither preside at nor attend the meeting of creditors "J. H. Williamson"] 4 usu cap : a legislative body [the General Court of Massachusetts] 5 : a body (as the International Court of Justice) exercising judicial powers over its members or the memb...
special court-martial
special court-martial : a court-martial that consists of at least three officers, a trial judge advocate, and a defense counsel and that has authority to impose a limited sentence and hear only noncapital cases compare general court-martial, summary court-martial ...
summary court-martial
summary court-martial : a court-martial consisting of one commissioned officer and having authority to impose no sentence in excess of one month's confinement or forfeiture of two-thirds of one month's pay compare general court-martial, special court-martial ...
Charge-sheet
Charge-sheet, a paper kept at a police-station to receive each night the names of the persons brought and given into custody, the nature of the accusation, and the name of the accuser in each case. It is under the care of the inspector on duty. Unless the accuser is willing to sign the charge-sheet, the accused will generally not be detained.--The expression 'charge-sheet' is understood in Police Manuals of several States containing the rules and regulations to be a report by the police filed under s. 170 of the Code, described as a 'charge-sheet', Gangadhar Janardan Mhatre v. State of Maharashtra, (2004) 7 SCC 768 (774). [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, ss. 170, 169 and 173 (2)]Military law. A four part charging instrument containing (1) information about the accused and the witness, (2) the charges and specifications, (3) the preferring of charges and their referral to a summary. Special or general court-martial for trial, and (4) for a summary court-martial, the trial record, Black's...
General Sessions Court
General Sessions Court : a court sitting in each county seat in Tennessee and having limited jurisdiction over civil matters and some minor criminal matters ...
Oyer and Terminer, Courts of, and General Gaol Delivery
Oyer and Terminer, Courts of, and General Gaol Delivery. See ASSIZES....
jurisdiction
jurisdiction [Latin jurisdictio, from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1 : the power, right, or authority to interpret, apply, and declare the law (as by rendering a decision) [to be removed to the State having of the crime "U.S. Constitution art. IV"] [a court of competent ] see also situs International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section compare venue NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also arise regarding quasi-judicial bodies (as administrative agencies) in their decision-making capacities. ancillary jurisdiction : jurisdiction giving a court the power to adjudicate claims (as counterclaims and cross-claims) because they arise from a cause of action over which the court has original jurisdiction ;specif : supplemental jurisdiction acquired by a federal court allowing it to adjudicate claims that are based on state law but that form part of a case...
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