Excerpt(s) from the third edition (1914)

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Military Government is that which is established by a commander over occupied enemy territory. To entitle it to recognition it is necessary that the authority of the State to which the territory permanently belongs should have ceased there to be exercised.




Also see --
Military Jurisdiction under the US Constitution




REFERENCE
Military Government and Martial Law

by William E. Birkhimer
Kansas City, Missouri, Franklin Hudson Publishing Co.
third edition, revised (1914)

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