Cowardice
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Pusillanimity; fear; misbehavior through fear in relation to some duty to be performed before an enemy.
O'Brien, Court-Martial, 142.
By both the army and navy regulations of the United States, this is an offense punishable in ofiicers or privates with death, or such other punishment as may be inflicted