Terms Used In Maryland Code > PUBLIC SAFETY > Title 13A > Subtitle 5 - Appointment and Composition of Courts-Martial

• Accuser: means :
  
  (1) a person who signs and swears to charges;
  
  (2) a person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another; or
  
  (3) any other person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused. See
• Commanding officer: includes :
  
  (1) commissioned officers of the state military forces; and
  
  (2) officers in charge only when administering non-judicial punishment under § 13A-301 of this code. See
• Convening authority: includes :
  
  (1) the person who convened the court; and
  
  (2) (i) a commissioned officer commanding for the time being; or
  
  (ii) a successor in command to the convening authority. See
• Enlisted member: means a person in an enlisted grade. See
• Judge advocate: means a commissioned officer of the organized state military forces who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a state:
  
  (1) (i) certified or designated as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the Army, Air Force, Navy, or the Marine Corps or designated as a law specialist as an officer of the Coast Guard, or a reserve component of one of these; or
  
  (ii) certified as a non-federally recognized judge advocate, under regulations adopted pursuant to this provision, by the senior judge advocate of the commander of the force in the state military forces of which the accused is a member, as competent to perform such military justice duties required by this code; or
  
  (2) if no judge advocate certified under item (1) of this subsection is available, certified by a senior judge advocate of the commander of another force in the state military forces, as the convening authority directs. See
• Military judge: means an official of a general or special court-martial detailed in accordance with § 13A-505 of this title. See
• Officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See
• Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
• Record: when used in connection with the proceedings of a court-martial, means:
  
  (1) an official written transcript, written summary, or other writing relating to the proceedings; or
  
  (2) an official audiotape, videotape, digital image or file, or similar material from which sound, or sound and visual images depicting the proceedings, may be reproduced. See
• state: means :
  
  (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
  
  (2) the District of Columbia. See
• State military forces: means the National Guard of the State, as defined in title 32 of the United States Code, when not in a status subjecting them to exclusive jurisdiction under 10 U. See
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.