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Rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: law, jurisprudence
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
krygswet
— rule by military authorities
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Albanian:
ligj ushtarak
— rule by military authorities
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Arabic:
حُكْم عُرْفِيّ
(ḥukm ʕurfiyy)
— rule by military authorities
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Armenian:
ռազմական դրություն
(ṙazmakan drutʻyun)
— rule by military authorities
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Asturian:
llei marcial
— rule by military authorities
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Azerbaijani:
hərbi vəziyyət
— rule by military authorities
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Bashkir:
хәрби хәл
(xərbi xəl)
— rule by military authorities
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Basque:
gerra-lege
— rule by military authorities
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Belarusian:
вае́ннае стано́вішча
(vajénnaje stanóvišča)
— rule by military authorities
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Bengali:
সামরিক শাসন
(śamrik śaśon)
— rule by military authorities
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Bulgarian:
вое́нно положе́ние
(voénno položénie)
— rule by military authorities
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Burmese:
စစ်အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးအမိန့်
(cacuphkyup-re:a.min.)
— rule by military authorities
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Catalan:
llei marcial
— rule by military authorities
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Chinese Cantonese:
戒嚴 /戒严
(gaai3 jim4)
— rule by military authorities
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Chinese Cantonese:
戒嚴令 /戒严令
(gaai3 jim4 ling6)
— rule by military authorities
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Chinese Mandarin:
戒嚴 /戒严
(jièyán)
— rule by military authorities
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Chinese Mandarin:
戒嚴令 /戒严令
(jièyánlìng)
— rule by military authorities
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Czech:
stanné právo
— rule by military authorities
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Danish:
undtagelsestilstand
— rule by military authorities
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Danish:
krigsretstilstand
— rule by military authorities
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Danish:
krigsret
— rule by military authorities
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Dutch:
krijgswet
— rule by military authorities
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Dutch:
staat van beleg
— rule by military authorities
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Esperanto:
militjuro
— rule by military authorities
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Estonian:
sõjaseisukord
— rule by military authorities
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Estonian:
kaitseseisukord
— rule by military authorities
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Finnish:
poikkeustila
— rule by military authorities
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Finnish:
sotatilalaki
— rule by military authorities
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French:
loi martiale
— rule by military authorities
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Galician:
lei marcial
— rule by military authorities
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Georgian:
სამხედრო მდგომარეობა
(samxedro mdgomareoba)
— rule by military authorities
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Georgian:
სამხედრო კანონი
(samxedro ḳanoni)
— rule by military authorities
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Georgian:
სამხედრო სამართალი
(samxedro samartali)
— rule by military authorities
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German:
Kriegsrecht
— rule by military authorities
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German:
Ausnahmezustand
— rule by military authorities
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Greek:
στρατιωτικός νόμος
(stratiotikós nómos)
— rule by military authorities
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Hebrew:
מקטר צבאי
(mishtar tsva'i)
— rule by military authorities
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Hebrew:
ממשל צבאי
— rule by military authorities
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Hindi:
सैनिक क़ानून
(sainik qānūn)
— rule by military authorities
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Hungarian:
statárium
— rule by military authorities
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Hungarian:
rögtönítélő bíráskodás
— rule by military authorities
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Hungarian:
rögtönbíráskodás
— rule by military authorities
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Icelandic:
herlög
— rule by military authorities
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Ido:
militala judicio
— rule by military authorities
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Indonesian:
darurat militer
— rule by military authorities
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Italian:
legge marziale
— rule by military authorities
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Japanese:
戒厳
(kaigen)
— rule by military authorities
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Japanese:
戒厳令
(kaigenrei)
— rule by military authorities
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Kazakh:
соғыс күйі
(soğys küiı)
— rule by military authorities
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Kazakh:
соғыс жағдайы
(soğys jağdaiy)
— rule by military authorities
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Khmer:
យុទ្ធនីតិ
(yutthĕəʼniiteʼ)
— rule by military authorities
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Khmer:
អយ្យការសឹក
(ʼayyĕəʼ kaa sək)
— rule by military authorities
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Khmer:
ច្បាប់អាជ្ញាសឹក
(cbap ʼaacñaa sək)
— rule by military authorities
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Korean:
계엄
(gyeeom)
— rule by military authorities
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Korean:
계엄령
(gyeeomnyeong)
— rule by military authorities
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Kumyk:
дав гьал
(daw hal)
— rule by military authorities
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Kyrgyz:
согуштук абал
(soguştuk abal)
— rule by military authorities
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Latin:
lēx mīlitāris
— rule by military authorities
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Latvian:
kara stāvoklis
— rule by military authorities
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Lithuanian:
karo padėtis
— rule by military authorities
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Macedonian:
воена состојба
(voena sostojba)
— rule by military authorities
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Malay:
undang-undang tentera
— rule by military authorities
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Malay:
pemerintahan tentera
— rule by military authorities
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Norwegian Bokmål:
unntakstilstand
— rule by military authorities
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Norwegian Bokmål:
militær unntakstilstand
— rule by military authorities
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Norwegian Bokmål:
krigsrett
— rule by military authorities
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Persian:
حکومت نظامی
(hokumat-e nezâmi)
— rule by military authorities
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Polish:
stan wojenny
— rule by military authorities
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Portuguese:
lei marcial
— rule by military authorities
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Romanian:
lege marțială
— rule by military authorities
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Romanian:
stare de război
— rule by military authorities
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Russian:
вое́нное положе́ние
(vojénnoje položénije)
— rule by military authorities
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Serbo-Croatian:
ратно законодавство
— rule by military authorities
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Serbo-Croatian:
ratno zakonodavstvo
— rule by military authorities
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Slovak:
stanné právo
— rule by military authorities
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Slovak:
štatárium
— rule by military authorities
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Slovene:
vojno stanje
— rule by military authorities
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Spanish:
ley marcial
— rule by military authorities
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Spanish:
estado de excepción
— rule by military authorities
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Swedish:
krigslagar
— rule by military authorities
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Swedish:
krigsrätt
— rule by military authorities
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Swedish:
krigstillstånd
— rule by military authorities
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Swedish:
undantagstillstånd
— rule by military authorities
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Tagalog:
batas militar
— rule by military authorities
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Tajik:
ҳолати ҳарбӣ
(holat-i harbi)
— rule by military authorities
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Tajik:
вазъияти низомӣ
(vaz'iyat-i nizomi)
— rule by military authorities
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Thai:
กฎอัยการศึก
(gòt-ai-yá-gaan-sʉ̀k)
— rule by military authorities
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Turkish:
sıkıyönetim
— rule by military authorities
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Ukrainian:
воє́нний ста́н
(vojénnyj stán)
— rule by military authorities
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Urdu:
فوجی قانون
(favjī qānūn)
— rule by military authorities
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Uzbek:
harbiy holat
— rule by military authorities
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Vietnamese:
giới nghiêm
— rule by military authorities
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Vietnamese:
thiết quân luật
— rule by military authorities