Military rule
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Military rule may mean:
- Militarism or militarist ideology - the ideology of government as best served when under military control
- Military occupation, when a country or area is occupied after invasion.
- Martial law, where military authority takes over normal administration of law
- Police state, where a government maintains strict control over the population
- Military law, the legal system applying to members of the armed forces
- Military dictatorship, a form of government where political power resides with the military
- Military tribunal
Military rule may also be:
- When a military applies a court-martial and nonjudicial punishment
- When specific laws are applied in a military context as in the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice by the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG)
