martial law
noun
1 martial law
The body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law.
Roget 744:
compulsion,
coercion,
coaction†,
constraint,
duress,
enforcement,
press,
conscription.
force;
brute force,
main force,
physical force;
the sword,
ultima ratio [Lat.];
club law,
lynch law,
mob law,
arguementum baculinum†,
le droit du plus fort [Fr.],
martial law.
restraint
etc.
751;
necessity
etc.
601;
force majeure [Fr.];
Hobson's choice.
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Roget 964:
lawlessness;
illicitness;
breach of law,
violation of law,
infraction of the law;
disobedience
etc.
742;
unconformity
etc.
83.
arbitrariness
etc.
adj.;
antinomy,
violence,
brute force,
despotism,
outlawry.
mob law,
lynch law,
club law,
Lydford law,
martial law,
drumhead law;
coup d'etat [Fr.];
le droit du plus fort [Fr.];
argumentum baculinum [Lat.].
illegality,
informality,
unlawfulness,
illegitimacy,
bar sinister.
trover and conversion [Law];
smuggling,
poaching;
simony.
[person who violates the law]
outlaw,
bad man
etc.
949.
v..
offend against the law;
violate the law,
infringe the law,
break the law;
set the law at defiance,
ride roughshod over,
drive a coach and six through a statute;
ignore the law,
make the law a dead letter,
take the law into one's own hands.
smuggle,
run,
poach.
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Roget 739:
severity;
strictness,
harshness
etc.
adj.;
rigor,
stringency,
austerity;
inclemency
etc.
(pitilessness)
914.1;
arrogance
etc.
885;
precisianism†.
arbitrary power;
absolutism,
despotism;
dictatorship,
autocracy,
tyranny,
domineering,
oppression;
assumption,
usurpation;
inquisition,
reign of terror,
martial law;
iron heel,
iron rule,
iron hand,
iron sway;
tight grasp;
brute force,
brute strength;
coercion
etc.
744;
strong hand,
tight hand.
hard lines,
hard measure;
tender mercies [Iron.];
sharp practice;
pipe-clay,
officialism.
tyrant,
disciplinarian,
precisian†,
martinet,
stickler,
bashaw†,
despot,
hard master,
Draco,
oppressor,
inquisitor,
extortioner,
harpy,
vulture;
accipitres†,
birds of prey,
raptorials†,
raptors†.
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Dutch: krijgswet, oorlogswet
Polish: stan wojenny
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