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单词 martial law
释义

martial law

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noun

the law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down or during wartime military operations.
the law imposed upon a defeated country or occupied territory by the military forces of the occupying power.

Origin of martial law

First recorded in 1525–35

Words nearby martial law

Martha Washington chair, Martha Washington table, Martí, martial, martial art, martial law, Martian, martin, Martina, Martin du Gard, Martineau
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Example sentences from the Web for martial law

  • The period of spies, and of the severe exercise of martial-law, was not yet reached; and all that was apprehended was detention.

    Wyandotte|James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for martial law

martial law

noun

the rule of law established and maintained by the military in the absence of civil law
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