martial law
military rule
Martial law
Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice.Usually martial law reduces some of the personal rights ordinarily granted to the citizen, limits the length of the trial processes, and prescribes more severe penalties than ordinary law. In many states martial law prescribes the
death penalty for certain crimes, even if ordinary law does not contain that crime or punishment in its system.
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martial law
Noun
1. the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law
(hypernym) law, jurisprudence
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
Martial Law
The suspension of regular government and habeas corpus or the reliance of military law enforcement. - (
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martial law
Synonyms and related words:
Corpus Juris Canonici, Roman law, absolute monarchy, activation, admiralty law, aristocracy, arms race, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, blue law, canon law, case law, chancery law, civil law, coalition government, colonialism, commercial law, common law, commonwealth, constitutional government, constitutional law, constitutional monarchy, corporation law, criminal law, crown law, decree law, democracy, dictatorship, dominion rule, droit des gens, dry law, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, ecclesiastical law, equity, federal government, federation, feudal system, gag law, garrison state, gerontocracy, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy, home rule, international law, jus civile, jus commune, jus inter gentes, jus publicum, law merchant, lex domicilii, lex fori, lex loci, lex mercatorum, lex non scripta, lex scripta, lex situs, limited monarchy, local law, meritocracy, militarism, militarization, military government, mob rule, mobilization, mobocracy, monarchy, neocolonialism, ochlocracy, oligarchy, pantisocracy, patriarchate, patriarchy, penal law, police state, positive law, public law, pure democracy, reactivation, regency, remilitarization, representative democracy, representative government, republic, sea law, self-determination, self-government, social democracy, statute law, stratocracy, substantive law, technocracy, thearchy, theocracy, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, triarchy, triumvirate, tyranny, unwritten law, war clouds, war footing, wartime footing, welfare state, written law
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