state of siege

Etymology
, first codified in a 1791 law of the during the  as an aggravated condition of war justifying the subordination of the civilian government to military authorities. Extended to apply to internal rebellion by a French law of 1797; subsequently broadened again in 1849 to denote any political state of emergency.

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: staat van beleg, krygswet
 * Basque: setio-egoera
 * Catalan: estat de setge
 * Dutch: staat van beleg,
 * Estonian: piiramisseisukord
 * Finnish:, poikkeustila
 * French:
 * Galician: estado de sitio
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: stato d'assedio
 * Norwegian: beleiringstilstand
 * Polish: stan oblężenia,
 * Portuguese: estado de sítio
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: estado de sitio
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: savaş hali