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Martial Law
/ˈmɑɹʃəl lɔ/
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What does Martial Law mean?
noun
- Rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɑɹʃəl lɔ/
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An it please your Majesty, let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law in the world.
The murderers were tried by martial law, and two of them sentenced to the gallows.
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Thus martial law was fully established, and, for self defence, never was it more necessary.
In Butte the big strike was on, and the town was under martial law.
He then laid the country under martial law, the proper measure for straitening an enemy, and compelling sluggish and doubtful friends to declare themselves.