Execution and Martial law

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Execution noun - The doing of an action.

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Martial law and execution are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Martial law" instead a noun "Execution".

Martial law noun - The body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law.

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Execution and martial law are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Execution" instead a noun phrase "Martial law".

Martial law is imposed in Munster; violent official reprisals against IRA sympathisers are met with burning of loyalist homes and execution of the inhabitants therein.

Source: Grand Unified Timeline / The World Wars
On Simia Orichalcae (Caves of Ice), Cain served notice that the alternative to martial law was summary execution of anyone who obstructed the Valhallan 597th's defense of the promethium refinery.

Source: Emergency Authority
In the aftermath of World War III, the New United Nations have been dissolved, lawyers have been abolished (by execution) and martial law is still in effect in certain areas of the world.

Source: Grand Unified Timeline / The Rest Of The Twenty First Century

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