drumhead court martial
n. informal brief court martial held on a battlefield for an offense that was committed during military operations | ||||
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drumhead court-martial
Noun
1. a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action
(hypernym) court-martial
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
Noun
1. a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action
(hypernym) court-martial
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
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drumhead court-martial
drumhead court-martial
(mil.), a summary court-martial called to try offenses on the battlefield or the line of march, when, sometimes, a drumhead has to do service as a writing table...
see also drumhead
drumhead court-martial
(mil.), a summary court-martial called to try offenses on the battlefield or the line of march, when, sometimes, a drumhead has to do service as a writing table...
see also drumhead
Drumhead court-martial Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Drumhead court-martial
A drumhead court-martial is a court-martial held in the field to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action. The term is said to originate from the use of a drumhead as an improvised writing table. The term has connotations of summary justice, with an implied lack of judicial impartiality, as noted in the transcripts of the trial at Nuremberg of Josef Bühler. According to Bryant, such courts-martial have ordered lashings or hangings to punish soldiers (and their officers) who were cowardly, disobedient – or conversely, acted rashly; and especially as a discouragement to drunkenness.
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