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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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