Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

Martial Law. The exercise of government and control by military authorities over the civilian population of a designated territory. Martial law is an extreme and rare measure used to control society during war or periods of civil unrest or chaos. (West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2)

But he said the alliance now needed to be prepared for the collapse of the INF treaty and that he had asked military authorities to look into the consequences, although he declined to go into details. (Reuters)