state of siege
Noun
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Noun
state of siege
- (law) An exceptional legal condition in which constitutional limits on the powers of the government are suspended, usually owing to military necessity and implying martial law.
- French: état de siège
- German: Belagerungszustand
- Italian: stato d'assedio
- Russian: оса́дное положе́ние
- Spanish: estado de sitio
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