Military Commission Law and Legal Definition
Military commission is a kind of military court or a tribunal for the trial and punishment of members of enemy forces during wartime for committing a military offense. Such courts operate outside the scope of conventional criminal and civil proceedings. A military commission sets up martial law in districts of a state in which insurrection and rioting exist, for the trial and punishment of offenders against such law in the district.
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