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MILITARY LAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does military law mean?
• MILITARY LAW (noun)
The noun MILITARY LAW has 1 sense:
1. the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel
Familiarity information: MILITARY LAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("military law" is a kind of...):
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Domain member category:
court-martial (a trial that is conducted by a military court)
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