a combining form meaning âlacking,â âleaving,â used in the formation of compound words: lipography. Origin. < Greek, combining form of lip-, weak stem of leÃ­pein to leave, be lacking; see -o-. British Dictionary definitions for lipo-.
Military tribunals in the United States. Military tribunals in the United States are military courts designed to try members of enemy forces during wartime, operating outside the scope of conventional criminal and civil proceedings. The judges are military officers and fulfill the role of jurors. Military tribunals are distinct from courts-martial.
Law of war is that segment of treaty and customary international law applicable to warfare. Military government is the administration by which an occupying power exercises executive, legislative, and judicial authority over occupied territory. Martial law or martial rule is the temporary exercise of control over domestic territory by a military commander as authorized by the President. Military orders and regulations are used in a military organization for its internal direction.