Section 130.1. Definitions  


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  • The following terms when used in this article
      shall be construed in the sense indicated in this  section,  unless  the
      context shows that a different sense is intended, namely:
        (1)  "Organized  militia" means the organized militia, the composition
      of which is stated in section two of this chapter;
        (2) "Officer" means a commissioned officer  including  a  commissioned
      warrant officer;
        (3) "Superior officer" means an officer superior in rank or command;
        (4)  "Enlisted  person" means any person who is serving in an enlisted
      grade in any force of the organized militia;
        (5) "Active state duty" means full time military duty  in  the  active
      service  of  the state under an order of the governor issued pursuant to
      sections six or seven of this chapter and while going to  and  returning
      from such duty;
        (6)  "Duty  status  other than active state duty" means any one of the
      types of duty described in section forty-six of this chapter  and  while
      going to and returning from such duty;
        (7)  "Military  court"  means  a  court-martial, a court of inquiry, a
      provost court;
        (8) "Military judge" means an  official  of  a  general  court-martial
      detailed in accordance with section 130.26 of this article;
        (9)  "Judge  advocate"  means  an  officer of a force of the organized
      militia who is a member of the judge advocate general's corps or who  is
      designated as a judge advocate;
        (10)  "Legal  officer"  means an officer of the New York naval militia
      designated to perform legal duties for a command;
        (11) "Code" means article seven of this chapter;
        (12) "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.