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MARTIAL LAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("martial law" is a kind of...):
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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