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military law

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military law
n.
The statutes, codes, and common traditions relating to and executed by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel.
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Noun1.military law - the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel
court-martial - a trial that is conducted by a military court
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"
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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In other words, when a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, and a whole country is unjustly overrun and conquered by a foreign army, and subjected to military law, I think that it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
In other words, when a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, and a whole country is unjustly overrun and conquered by a foreign army, and subjected to military law, I think that it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize.
Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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