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martial law

imposition of direct military control of a government
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martial law
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martial law

Summary

martial law ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,080 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • martial law is a type of political statement[2].
  • martial law is a type of legal act[3].
  • martial law's Commons category is recorded as Martial law[4].
  • martial law's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Martial law[5].
  • martial law's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[6].
  • martial law's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7].
  • martial law's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • martial law's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • martial law's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • martial law's different from is recorded as marriage law[11].
  • martial law's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include political statement[2] and legal act[3].

Why It Matters

martial law ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,080 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · PerspicaciousLeo · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh85081635
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P244]]: sh85081635, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779427361939"
  2. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of → political statement, legal act
    Topic's main category → Category:Martial law
    Different from → marriage law
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19169, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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