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.
Most commonly, courts-martial are convened to try members of the U.S. military for criminal violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which is the U.S. military's criminal code. However, they can also be convened for other purposes, including military tribunals and the enforcement of martial law in an occupied territory.