Excerpt(s) from the third edition (1914)

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Martial law is that rule which is established when civil authority in the community is made subordinate to military, either in repelling invasion or when the ordinary administration of the laws fails to secure the proper objects of government.




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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