Military rule
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US General Douglas MacArthur (left), military ruler of Japan 1945-1952, next to Japan's defeated Emperor
Military rule may mean several things in modern terms:
- When a country or area is conquered after invasion and placed under Belligerent occupation, also known as Military occupation (see list of military occupations).
- When a country or region is placed under martial law
- At times it may also be a police state.
- When a country is invaded or placed under military law
- When a country is governed by a military dictatorship as with a junta or "The Generals" or under a powerful Generalissimo
- When a country or region is judged by a military tribunal
- When a military applies a Court-martial and Nonjudicial punishment
- When specific laws are applied in a military context as in the US Uniform Code of Military Justice by the Judge Advocate General's Corps