military commission
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- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃən/
- Formal
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nombramiento
- President Bush attempted by military order to authorize military commissions to try terrorists such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Examples
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The defendant was informed that he would be tried by a military commission for his alleged actions during the conflict.
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Using military commissions would protect against this danger.
Academic text (2010) -
Thus, the military commissions are fully authorized by law, and indeed the trials were to have already begun.
Academic text (2010) -
A military commission is our common-law war court. It has no statutory existence, though it is recognized by statute law.
Academic text (2018) -
Had the drafters of the original UCMJ sought to limit that discretion or to provide specifically for the right to be present during military commission procedures, they certainly would have said so.
Academic text (2007) -
They are not intended to apply to military commission proceedings, once again confirming the distinction between congressional regulation of courts-martial and the flexibility given to the President in promulgating rules of procedure and evidence for military commissions.
Academic text (2007) -
The president signed the military commission order, allowing for the trial of specific terrorism suspects.
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After President Obama announced the new policies, a military commission was established to handle cases related to terrorism.
Synonyms
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An official document that gives someone authority or rank
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a tribunal or panel authorized by the military to try offences' is directly and predictably derived from 'military' (relating to soldiers/war) + 'commission' (a formal committee or panel). This noun–noun composition follows common compositional patterns cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Military commission comes from the old practice of giving a written commission, a paper signed by a leader that makes someone an 'officer'. So today it means the official document that gives a person the rank and authority of an officer.