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                            martial law
                        
                                                
                                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law
Definition: Rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.