martial law

English

Noun

martial law (uncountable)

1. Rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.

   Synonym: summary jurisdiction

Translations

rule by military authorities

• Afrikaans: krygswet
• Albanian: ligj ushtarak m
• Arabic: حُكْم عُرْفِيّ m (ḥukm ʕurfiyy)
• Armenian: ռազմական դրություն (hy) (ṙazmakan drutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: hərbi vəziyyət
• Bashkir: хәрби хәл (xərbi xəl)
• Basque: gerra-lege sg
• Belarusian: вае́ннае стано́вішча n (vajénnaje stanóvišča)
• Bengali: সামরিক শাসন (śamrik śaśon)
• Bulgarian: вое́нно положе́ние n (voénno položénie)
• Burmese: စစ်အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးအမိန့် (my) (cacuphkyup-re:a.min.)
• Catalan: llei marcial f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 戒嚴／戒严 (gaai³ jim⁴), 戒嚴令／戒严令 (gaai³ jim⁴ ling⁶)

  Mandarin: 戒嚴／戒严 (zh) (jièyán), 戒嚴令／戒严令 (zh) (jièyánlìng)

• Czech: stanné právo (cs) n
• Danish: undtagelsestilstand c, krigsret c
• Dutch: krijgswet (nl) f, staat van beleg m
• Esperanto: militjuro
• Estonian: sõjaseisukord, kaitseseisukord
• Finnish: poikkeustila, sotatilalaki
• French: loi martiale (fr) f
• Galician: lei marcial (gl) f
• Georgian: სამხედრო მდგომარეობა (samxedro mdgomareoba), სამხედრო კანონი (samxedro ḳanoni), სამხედრო სამართალი (samxedro samartali)
• German: Kriegsrecht (de) n, Ausnahmezustand (de) m
• Greek: στρατιωτικός νόμος (el) m (stratiotikós nómos)
• Hebrew: מקטר צבאי (mishtar tsva'i), ממשל צבאי
• Hindi: सैनिक क़ानून m (sainik qānūn)
• Hungarian: statárium (hu), rögtönítélő bíráskodás, rögtönbíráskodás (hu)
• Icelandic: herlög n pl
• Ido: militala judicio
• Indonesian: darurat militer
• Italian: legge marziale f
• Japanese: 戒厳 (ja) (かいげん, kaigen), 戒厳令 (ja) (かいげんれい, kaigenrei)
• Kazakh: соғыс күйі (soğys küiı), соғыс жағдайы (soğys jağdaiy)
• Khmer: យុទ្ធនីតិ (yutthĕəʼniiteʼ), អយ្យការសឹក (ʼayyĕəʼ kaa sək), ច្បាប់អាជ្ញាសឹក (cbap ʼaacñaa sək)
• Korean: 계엄(戒嚴) (ko) (gyeeom), 계엄령(戒嚴令) (gyeeomnyeong)
• Kumyk: дав гьал (daw hal)
• Kyrgyz: согуштук абал (soguştuk abal)
• Latin: lēx mīlitāris f
• Latvian: kara stāvoklis m
• Lithuanian: karo padėtis f
• Macedonian: воена состојба f (voena sostojba)
• Malay: undang-undang tentera
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: unntakstilstand (no) m, militær unntakstilstand m, krigsrett m

• Persian: حکومت نظامی (fa) (hokumat-e nezâmi)
• Polish: stan wojenny (pl) m
• Portuguese: lei marcial (pt) f
• Romanian: lege marțială (ro) f, stare de război (ro) f
• Russian: вое́нное положе́ние (ru) n (vojénnoje položénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ратно законодавство n

  Roman: ratno zakonodavstvo n

• Slovak: stanné právo n, štatárium n
• Slovene: vojno stanje n
• Spanish: ley marcial f
• Swedish: krigslagar c pl, krigsrätt c, krigstillstånd (sv) n, undantagstillstånd (sv) n
• Tagalog: batas militar
• Tajik: ҳолати ҳарбӣ (holati harbī), вазъияти низомӣ (vazʾiyati nizomī)
• Thai: กฎอัยการศึก (th) (gòt-ai-yá-gaan-sʉ̀k)
• Turkish: sıkıyönetim (tr)
• Ukrainian: воє́нний ста́н m (vojénnyj stán)
• Urdu: فوجی قانون m (favjī qānūn)
• Uzbek: harbiy holat
• Vietnamese: giới nghiêm (vi) (戒嚴), thiết quân luật (vi)

See also

• martial law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• curfew
• state of emergency
• state of siege