What is Military Law?

Legal Definition
A system of regulations for the government of an army. 1 Kent, Comm. 341, note. That branch of the laws which respects military discipline and the government of persons employed in the military service. De Hart, Mil. Law, 16. State v. Rankin, 4 Cold. (Tenn.) 156; Johnson v. Jones, 44 111. 153, 92 Am. Dec. 159; In re Bogart, 3 Fed. Cas. 801; Neall v. U. S., 118 Fed. 704, 56 C. C. A. 31.
-- Black's Law Dictionary
Legal Definition
Those rules enacted by the legislative power for the government and regulation of the army and navy, and the militia when called into the active service of the U. S. See 98 Am. St. Rep. 733, note.
-- Ballentine's Law Dictionary
Legal Definition
this is the name given to the laws that govern the actions of military personnel.

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