state of siege

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

戒厳状態、あるいは例外的法的状態。軍事的な必要性などにより、通常の憲法上の権力制限が一時的に停止され、政府が特別な権限を行使する状態。

英語の意味

(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.

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When the government declared a state of siege, civil liberties were temporarily suspended and military commanders assumed control of local police functions.

政府が戒厳状態を宣言したとき、市民の自由は一時的に制限され、軍の司令官が地方警察の指揮を執った。

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意味（1）

(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.

Several gentlemen of authority of the city of Belfast actually waited upon the Government and requested them not only to abolish the local police force but to proclaim a state of siege in the town of Belfast.

詳細

states of siege （ plural ）