Both Uses of
martial
in
The Man Without a Country
- We had, therefore, two Philip Nolans, one a real historical character, who was murdered by the Spaniards on the 21st of March, 1801, at Waco in Texas; the other a purely imaginary character invented by myself, who appears for the first time on the 23d of September, 1807, at a court-martial at Fort Adams.†
Chpt Intr.
- This person on his trial by court-martial expressed, with an oath, the wish that he might 'never hear of the United States again.'
Chpt Rest *martial = military
Definition:
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(martial) relating to war or soldiersmost commonly seen in these expressions:
- "court martial" -- a military court that tries military personnel using military law (which is different than civilian law)
- "martial law" -- the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs which can be declared to replace ordinary civilian law in a time of crisis