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martial law

imposition of direct military control of a government
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martial law
Jacek Żołnierkiewicz · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

martial law ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,386 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: political statement[2], legal act[3]
  • Commons category: Martial law[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Martial law[5]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[6], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[12]
  • Different from: marriage law[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • P14541: vV6gR[15]

Why It Matters

martial law has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → martial-law
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: martial-law, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289942441|martial law (#289942441)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → vV6gR
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008490-stanne-pravo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0008490-stanne-pravo, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 21w ago · PerspicaciousLeo · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh85081635
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Library of congress authority id: sh85081635, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779427361939"
  5. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 19169, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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