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martial law

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martial law
n.
1. Temporary rule by military authorities, imposed on a civilian population especially in time of war or when civil authority has broken down.
2. The law imposed on an occupied territory by occupying military forces.
martial law
n
(Military) the rule of law established and maintained by the military in the absence of civil law
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Noun1.martial law - the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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martial law
n → Kriegsrecht nt; the state was put under martial law → über den Staat wurde (das) Kriegsrecht verhängt
martial law n → legge f marziale
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Although numbers of natives were shot and taken prisoners in the skirmishing, which was going on at intervals for several years; nothing seems fully to have impressed them with the idea of our overwhelming power, until the whole island, in 1830, was put under martial law, and by proclamation the whole population commanded to assist in one great attempt to secure the entire race.
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