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Military government involving the suspension of ordinary law,
  1. Military government involving the suspension of ordinary law

  1. the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law
  2. Martial law is the imposition of military rule by military authorities over designated regions on an emergency basis—usually only temporary—when the civilian government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively (e.g. ...
  3. Martial Law is a 1991 action/martial arts film written by Richard Brandes, produced by Kurt Anderson, directed by Steve Cohen and stars Chad McQueen, Cynthia Rothrock and David Carradine.
  4. The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers is a detective fiction series of books published by Aladdin Paperbacks (an imprint of Simon & Schuster), which replaced The Hardy Boys Digest paperbacks in early 2005. All the books in the series have been written under the pen name of Franklin W. Dixon.
  5. Martial Law is a television series that ran from 1998 to 2000. It was created by Carlton Cuse.
  6. Rules by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory
  7. military government, which suspends ordinary law
  8. (forthcoming); see CURFEW, DOUBTFULS, DETAINEE, BATS 'n' HATS, WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BADGES, DRUMHEAD, SOFA, ROCKS 'n' SHOALS, MCM, UCMJ, SNOW DROP, MP, SP, AP, CONSTABULARY, POLICE.
  9. At times during the Civil War, President Lincoln applied martial law, the substitution of military power for ordinary civil authority, in certain areas of high antiwar dissent or pro-southern sympathies.
  10. Military Rule: Marshall Law