civil powers
Nonmilitary state authority
Civil powers refers to governmental authority exercised through civilian institutions rather than military force.
The term appears most often in legal and constitutional contexts distinguishing ordinary government functions from martial law or military rule: The Constitution subordinates military authority to civil powers.
Civil powers encompass legislation, courts, law enforcement, and administration—the peacetime machinery of the state.
- institutionsEstablished organizations or practices
- judicialOf courts and judges
- governmentAuthority over a state
- legislativeConcerning the creation of laws
- executiveSenior organizational leader
state · public office · local government · jurisdiction · habeas corpus · sovereignty · enforcement · law and order · authority · administration · federalism · common law · municipality · regulatory agencies · regulation · democracy · constitution · bill of rights
civil powersmartial law
Armed forces governance
military rule · military authority · armed forces · military government · military dictatorship
civil powersreligious authority
Governing force in faith
papal authority · divine authority · canon law · religious law · hierocracy
civil powersanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
lawlessness · statelessness · mob rule · vigilantism · chaos
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