Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 10 : Section 801


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 801. Article 1. Definitions

      In this chapter:
        (1) The term "Judge Advocate General" means, severally, the
      Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and,
      except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the
      Navy, an official designated to serve as Judge Advocate General
      of the Coast Guard by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
        (2) The Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is
      operating as a service in the Navy, shall be considered as one
      armed force.
        (3) The term "commanding officer" includes only commissioned
      officers.
        (4) The term "officer in charge" means a member of the Navy,
      the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard designated as such by
      appropriate authority.
        (5) The term "superior commissioned officer" means a
      commissioned officer superior in rank or command.
        (6) The term "cadet" means a cadet of the United States
      Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the
      United States Coast Guard Academy.
        (7) The term "midshipman" means a midshipman of the United
      States Naval Academy and any other midshipman on active duty in
      the naval service.
        (8) The term "military" refers to any or all of the armed
      forces.
        (9) The term "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 other person who has an interest
      other than an official interest in the prosecution of the
      accused.
        (10) The term "military judge" means an official of a general
      or special court-martial detailed in accordance with section 826
      of this title (article 26).
        (11) The term "law specialist" means a commissioned officer of
      the Coast Guard designated for special duty (law).
        (12) The term "legal officer" means any commissioned officer of
      the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard designated to perform
      legal duties for a command.
        (13) The term "judge advocate" means - 
          (A) an officer of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the
        Army or the Navy;
          (B) an officer of the Air Force or the Marine Corps who is
        designated as a judge advocate; or
          (C) an officer of the Coast Guard who is designated as a law
        specialist.

        (14) The term "record", when used in connection with the
      proceedings of a court-martial, means - 
          (A) an official written transcript, written summary, or other
        writing relating to the proceedings; or
          (B) an official audiotape, videotape, or similar material
        from which sound, or sound and visual images, depicting the
        proceedings may be reproduced.

        (15) The term "classified information" means (A) any
      information or material that has been determined by an official
      of the United States pursuant to law, an Executive order, or
      regulation to require protection against unauthorized disclosure
      for reasons of national security, and (B) any restricted data, as
      defined in section 11(y) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
      U.S.C. 2014(y)).
        (16) The term "national security" means the national defense
      and foreign relations of the United States.



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