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courts-martial

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variants also court-martials

plural of court-martial

as in high courts

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Though many Hungarian judges and prosecutors faithfully carry out their duties, judicial leadership — including the heads of the constitutional and supreme courts — should be replaced to restore trust and impartiality, said Martin of Transparency International Hungary.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Under the federal constitution, states and their supreme courts are the ultimate judges of state law.

— Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 15 May 2026

Definition of supreme courts

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In 1996, the United Nations selected her as chief prosecutor of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

— Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Located just 2 miles away from the former insurance building that housed the residual mechanism, the ICC was set up as a permanent, global court to prosecute humanity’s worst crimes and forestall the need to create ad hoc tribunals for every conflict.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 May 2026

Definition of tribunals

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Historians have devoted enormous attention to the collapse of the royal courts, the creation of state judiciaries, the drafting of new constitutions, and the construction of the legal institutions of the new republic.

— Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
They were also meant to help enable independent and corruption-free judiciaries in many countries, including Venezuela.

— Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026

Definition of judiciaries

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