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martial law

the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law

Synonyms:

• 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