Meanings
nounmartial law (uncountable)
alternative Marshall law
- uncountableRule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.
Translations
Afrikaans krygswet
- krygswetrule by military authorities
Arabic حُكْم عُرْفِيّ
- حُكْم عُرْفِيّ (ḥukm ʕurfiyy)rule by military authorities
Basque gerra-lege
- gerra-legerule by military authorities
Bengali সামরিক শাসন
- সামরিক শাসন (śamrik śaśon)rule by military authorities
Bulgarian вое́нно положе́ние
- вое́нно положе́ние (voénno položénie)rule by military authorities
Catalan llei marcial
- llei marcialrule by military authorities
Chinese Cantonese 戒嚴 /戒严, 戒嚴令 /戒严令
- 戒嚴 /戒严 (gaai³ jim⁴)rule by military authorities
- 戒嚴令 /戒严令 (gaai³ jim⁴ ling⁶)rule by military authorities
Chinese Mandarin 戒嚴 /戒严, 戒嚴令 /戒严令
- 戒嚴 /戒严 (jièyán)rule by military authorities
- 戒嚴令 /戒严令 (jièyánlìng)rule by military authorities
Czech stanné právo
- stanné právorule by military authorities
Danish undtagelsestilstand, krigsretstilstand
- undtagelsestilstandrule by military authorities
- krigsretstilstandrule by military authorities
- krigsretrule by military authorities
Dutch krijgswet, staat van beleg
- krijgswetrule by military authorities
- staat van belegrule by military authorities
Esperanto militjuro
- militjurorule by military authorities
Estonian sõjaseisukord, kaitseseisukord
- sõjaseisukordrule by military authorities
- kaitseseisukordrule by military authorities
Finnish poikkeustila, sotatilalaki
- poikkeustilarule by military authorities
- sotatilalakirule by military authorities
French loi martiale
- loi martialerule by military authorities
German Kriegsrecht, Ausnahmezustand
- Kriegsrechtrule by military authorities
- Ausnahmezustandrule by military authorities
Greek στρατιωτικός νόμος
- στρατιωτικός νόμος (stratiotikós nómos)rule by military authorities
Hebrew מקטר צבאי, ממשל צבאי
- מקטר צבאי (mishtar tsva'i)rule by military authorities
- ממשל צבאיrule by military authorities
Hindi सैनिक क़ानून
- सैनिक क़ानून (sainik qānūn)rule by military authorities
Hungarian statárium, rögtönítélő bíráskodás
- statáriumrule by military authorities
- rögtönítélő bíráskodásrule by military authorities
- rögtönbíráskodásrule by military authorities
Icelandic herlög
- herlögrule by military authorities
Indonesian darurat militer
- darurat militerrule by military authorities
Italian legge marziale
- legge marzialerule by military authorities
Japanese 戒厳, 戒厳令
- 戒厳 (kaigen)rule by military authorities
- 戒厳令 (kaigenrei)rule by military authorities
Korean 계엄, 계엄령
- 계엄 (gyeeom)rule by military authorities
- 계엄령 (gyeeomnyeong)rule by military authorities
Latin lēx mīlitāris
- lēx mīlitārisrule by military authorities
Latvian kara stāvoklis
- kara stāvoklisrule by military authorities
Lithuanian karo padėtis
- karo padėtisrule by military authorities
Malay undang-undang tentera, pemerintahan tentera
- undang-undang tenterarule by military authorities
- pemerintahan tenterarule by military authorities
Norwegian Bokmål unntakstilstand, militær unntakstilstand
- unntakstilstandrule by military authorities
- militær unntakstilstandrule by military authorities
- krigsrettrule by military authorities
Persian حکومت نظامی
- حکومت نظامی (hokumat-e nezâmi)rule by military authorities
Polish stan wojenny
- stan wojennyrule by military authorities
Portuguese lei marcial
- lei marcialrule by military authorities
Romanian lege marțială, stare de război
- lege marțialărule by military authorities
- stare de războirule by military authorities
Russian вое́нное положе́ние
- вое́нное положе́ние (vojénnoje položénije)rule by military authorities
Slovak stanné právo, štatárium
- stanné právorule by military authorities
- štatáriumrule by military authorities
Spanish ley marcial, estado de excepción
- ley marcialrule by military authorities
- estado de excepciónrule by military authorities
Swedish krigslagar, krigsrätt
- krigslagarrule by military authorities
- krigsrättrule by military authorities
- krigstillståndrule by military authorities
- undantagstillståndrule by military authorities
Tagalog batas militar
- batas militarrule by military authorities
Thai กฎอัยการศึก
- กฎอัยการศึก (gòt-ai-yá-gaan-sʉ̀k)rule by military authorities
Turkish sıkıyönetim
- sıkıyönetimrule by military authorities
Ukrainian воє́нний ста́н
- воє́нний ста́н (vojénnyj stán)rule by military authorities
Urdu فوجی قانون
- فوجی قانون (favjī qānūn)rule by military authorities
Vietnamese giới nghiêm, thiết quân luật
- giới nghiêmrule by military authorities
- thiết quân luậtrule by military authorities
Cite this entry
APA
martial law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/martial%20law
MLA
“martial law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/martial%20law. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “martial law,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/martial%20law.
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