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mil·i·ta·ry law

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. military lawnoun

    the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel

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  1. military law

    Military law is a distinct legal system that governs the activities of military personnel, including regulations related to conduct during warfare, military training, and discipline. This body of law is enforced by military courts and tribunals. It handles crimes committed within the military, pertaining directly to military service, such as insubordination, desertion, or breach of the code of conduct, and spans international and domestic laws.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. military law

    That under which soldiers and sailors are governed, founded on the acts of parliament passed to that end.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. military law

    A branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military forces of a state or government, and those voluntarily serving with them, equally in peace and war, and administered by tribunals of special and limited jurisdiction. See Appendix, Articles of War.

  2. military law

    See Law, Military.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of military law in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of military law in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of military law in a Sentence

  1. Leslie Rutledge:

    Tim Griffin is a fierce advocate for Arkansas's conservative values - our military, law enforcement, and rule of law. Having been the Attorney General for over 6 years, I personally know the importance of the role in which every decision I make impacts 3 million Arkansans daily and the enormous responsibility I have to proactively protect and defend our constitutional rights against the aggressive liberal agenda of the Biden-Harris Administration, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, i wish Tim and his family the best.

  2. Oren Segal:

    Some right-wing extremist groups, particularly the anti-government Oath Keepers, have a long history of recruiting from current and former members of the military and law enforcement, oath Keepers are part of the resurgent militia movement, which believes the federal government has been co-opted by a shadowy conspiracy that is trying to strip American citizens of their rights. Though the Oath Keepers will accept anyone as members, what differentiates them from other anti-government extremist groups is their explicit focus on recruiting current and former military, law enforcement and first responder personnel.

  3. Juan Mendez:

    They are illegal as a matter of international law, they are illegal as a matter of constitutional law in the United States, they are illegal as a matter of military law...and they are immoral anyway.

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