A court-martial as defined in the code shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to the code for any offense defined and made punishable by the code and may, under such limitations and regulations as the Governor may prescribe, adjudge any of the following penalties:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 55-418

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Month: shall mean calendar month. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(1) Confinement at hard labor for not more than six months;

(2) Hard labor without confinement for not more than three months;

(3) Forfeitures or detentions of pay not exceeding two-thirds pay per month for six months;

(4) Bad conduct discharge;

(5) Dishonorable discharge;

(6) Reprimand; or

(7) Reduction of noncommissioned officers to the ranks, and to combine any two or more of such punishments in the sentence imposed.

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