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Military Law
Military Law, as distinguished from civil law, is the law relating to and administered by military courts, and is concerned with the trial and punishment of offences committed by officers, soldiers and other persons (e.g., sutlers and camp followers) who are from circumstances subjected for the time being to the same law as soldiers. But the term 'military law' is frequently used in a wider sense and as including not only the disciplinary but also the administrative law of the Army, as, for instance, the law of enlistment and billeting, Manual of Military Law, p. 6. Consult Clode's Military Forces of the Crown....
Army (UK)
Army (UK) [fr. armee, Fr.], the military force of a country. From1689 to 1879, the army was regulated by Annual Mutiny Acts usually expiring in April, and by the 'Articles of War' which those Acts empowered the sovereign to make. In 1879 the Army Discipline Act (42 & 43 Vict. c. 33) consolidated the provisions of the Mutiny Act with the Articles of War. This Act having been amended by the Army Discipline and Regulation Annual Act, 1881, which substituted 'summary' for corporal punishment, and also by the Regulation of the Forces Act, 1881, a fairly complete military code is now contained in the 'Army Act, 1881' (44 & 45 Vict. c. 58), now styled the 'Army Act' simply, by virtue of s. 4 of the Army (Annual) Act, 1890.The Army Act requires to be annually renewed by an Act passed for that purpose called the 'Army (Annual) Act.' Such annual Act follows the precedent of the Mutiny Acts is reciting the illegality of a standing army in time of peace without consent of Parliament (as declared b...
Military aircraft
Military aircraft, means an aircraft of the naval, military, air force or any other armed forces of any country and includes every aircraft commanded for the time being by a person in such force detailed for the purpose. [Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982 (66 of 1982), s. 2(1)(d)]...
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces :the highest military court presided over by civilian judges and reviewing decisions of lower military courts on criminal matters NOTE: This court was formerly called the United States Court of Military Appeals. ...
Court-martial
Court-martial, a court for the trial of military offences, under the authority of the (English) Crown and the Army Act, 1881; the ordinary law of evidence must be applied in its proceedings (ibid. s. 128, and Rules of Procedure, r. 73). There are general, district, and regimental courts-martial. See JUDGE ADVOCATE. Their jurisdiction does not, however, exempt any officer or soldier from being proceeded against by the ordinary course of law, Consult Manual of Military Law and the King's Regulations; Clode's Military Forces of the Crown.As to Naval Courts-martial, see (English) Navy Discipline Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 109), ss. 58-69; JUDGE ADVOCATE.It means a court-martial held under this Act. [Army Act, 1950, s. 3 (vii); also see Air Force Act, 1950, s. 4 (xvi)]...
Armed Forces
Armed Forces, 'armed forces' means the naval, military and air forces and includes any other armed forces of the Union: [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1984), s. 2 (a)]'Armed Forces' means the Army, Navy and Air Force or any part of any one or more of them and includes any other armed force in the service of, or employed with, the Army, Navy or Air Force during hostilities. [Naval and Aircraft Price Act (59 of 1971), s. 2(c)]...
Reserve Forces
Reserve Forces. 1. Army.--The (English) Reserve Forces Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 48), repealing and consolidating the prior Acts on the subject, established an 'Army Reserve' and a 'Militia Reserve.' The 'Army Reserve' consists of time-expired regular soldiers who are on its strength by reason of the terms of their enlistment or by re-engagement. As to the present character of the Militia, see that title. The Reserve is further strengthened by the Territorial Army Reserve, consisting of a reserve division, and also by a body composed of owners of motor cars who are liable to military service in an emergency, and the Act has been applied to an Air Force Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force Reserve under 7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 51, and 14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 15, and S.R. & O. 1924 (Nos. 1212 and 1213) and 1934 (No. 592). By 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 37, the 'Territorial Force' which was provided for in the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 9), became the 'Territorial Army,' and the speci...
martial law
martial law 1 : the law applied in occupied territory by the military authority of the occupying power 2 : the law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency when civilian law enforcement agencies are unable to maintain public order and safety compare military law ...
military law
military law : law enforced by military rather than civil authority ;specif : law prescribed by statute for the government of the armed forces and accompanying civilian employees compare martial law ...
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