general court-martial

noun

1. a court-martial having the authority to try any offense against military law and to impose a sentence of dishonorable discharge or of death when provided by law.

Word History and Origins

Origin of general court-martial¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

At last the orders came to conduct Farid Khan to Calcutta to appear before a general court martial.

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If recaptured they were tried by a general court martial and sentenced to severe punishments.

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A man from one of the new regular regiments had been sentenced by a general court-martial to be shot for desertion.

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He was shortly after tried by a general court-martial, and transported as a felon for life.

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And I'll name no names, either, and then by no accident will there be a general court-martial coming to me some day.

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