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military justice  

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  • Military justice is the legal system for adjudicating criminal allegations against active-duty members of the United States military forces and Coast Guard. All service members'criminal conduct, whether committed in the United States or abroad, in a military or civilian community, may be tried in this system of laws and courts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Military Justice]

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