Refers to the legal declaration that places a region under direct military control, suspending ordinary civil law.
政府は戒厳令を発令した。
The government declared martial law.
Under martial law, citizens' freedoms are restricted.
The government imposed martial law on the capital after the coup.
In the middle of the night, martial law was suddenly declared.
A week later, the government lifted martial law.
The curfew continued under martial law.