Mars

marz, n. {Lot. Myth.) The son of Jupiter and Juno, and god of war. {Astron.) The planet of the solar system next beyond the earth, conspicuous for the redne of its light.— Mar'tial, -shal, a. Pert, or suited to war; military; given to war; brave; pert.ta army and navy, — opp. to civil. [F.; L. martial is. Mars.] — Martial law. An arbitrary kind of law, extending to matters of civil as well as of criminal jurisdiction, and proclaimed only in times of war, insurrection, rebellion, or emergency: is quite distinct from military law.