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Court-martial

A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.

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Adjudicate 76% connected

To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Trial 76% connected

The act of trying or testing in any manner.

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Try 76% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Hearing noun · 85% connection

(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decisio…

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judicial review noun · 85% connection

review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review…

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Administrative hearing noun · 85% connection

a hearing that takes place outside the judicial process before hearing examiners who have been granted judicial authority specifically…

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Competence hearing noun · 85% connection

a hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in pr…

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Fair hearing noun · 85% connection

a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process beca…

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Quo warranto noun · 85% connection

a hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty

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Abatement of a nuisance noun · 78% connection

(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance

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Actual damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Attestant noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Attestator noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Cease and desist order noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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Civil wrong noun · 78% connection

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

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Combination in restraint of trade noun · 78% connection

(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…

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Comparative negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff

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Compensatory damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Concurrent negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately

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Admiral noun · 78% connection

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…

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Appeal noun · 78% connection

(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…

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Appearance noun · 78% connection

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…

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Appointment noun · 78% connection

Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of milit…

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Armed forces noun · 78% connection

the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…

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Armed services noun · 78% connection

the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…

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Ban noun · 78% connection

A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or su…

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Cadet noun · 78% connection

A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woo…

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Certiorari noun · 78% connection

A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in…

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Chaplain noun · 78% connection

A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of pe…

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Cockade noun · 78% connection

A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval ser…

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Directed verdict noun · 78% connection

a verdict entered by the court in a jury trial without consideration by the jury; "there cannot be a directed verdict of guilty in a c…

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