In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “State military forces” means the National Guard of the state, as defined in Section 101(3) of Title 32, United States Code, the organized naval militia of the state, and any other military force organized under the laws of the state and shall include the organized militia as defined in section 27-2;

(2) “Officer” means commissioned or warrant officer;

(3) “Commissioned officer” includes a commissioned warrant officer;

(4) “Commanding officer” includes only commissioned officers;

(5) “Superior commissioned officer” means a commissioned officer superior in rank and command;

(6) “Enlisted member” means a person in an enlisted grade;

(7) “Grade” means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation;

(8) “Rank” means the order of precedence among members of the state military forces;

(9) “Active state duty” means full-time duty in the active military service of the state under an order of the Governor issued under authority vested in him by law, and includes travel to and from such duty;

(10) “Duty status” means any one of the types of required duty wherein the person is performing military service under competent authority other than set forth in subdivision (9) of this section and includes travel to and from such duty;

(11) “Military court” means a court-martial, a court inquiry, or a provost court;

(12) “Military judge” means an official of a general or special court-martial appointed in accordance with section 27-167;

(13) “Law specialist” means a commissioned officer of the organized naval militia of the state designated for special law duty;

(14) “Legal officer” means any commissioned officer of the organized militia of the state designated to perform legal duties for a command;

(15) “State Judge Advocate” means the commissioned officer responsible for supervising the administration of the military justice in the state military forces;

(16) “Accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused;

(17) “Military” refers to any or all of the armed forces;

(18) “Convening authority” includes, in addition to the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being, or a successor in command;

(19) “Code” means this chapter.

(1967, P.A. 717, S. 1; P.A. 77-295, S. 10.)

History: P.A. 77-295 substituted in Subdiv. (12) “military judge” for “law officer” and “appointed” for “detailed” and added application to special court-martial.