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.
The convening authority decides on the disposition of cases to investigation and trial, and also selects the members of a court-martial. The appointees serve as the military judge and members of the panel, which decides the guilt or innocence of a person standing trial before the court-martial or military commission.