Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Dokar Martial a Amurka tana nufin lokutan a tarihin Amurka wanda a wani yanki, jiha, birni, ko duk Amurka an sanya shi ƙarƙashin ikon ƙungiyar soja. A matakin kasa, duka Shugaban Amurka da Majalisar Amurka suna da iko, a cikin wasu ƙuntatawa, don sanya dokar ta baci tunda duka suna iya zama masu kula da 'yan bindiga. A kowace jiha, gwamna yana da ikon sanya dokar ta baci a cikin iyakokin jihar. A Amurka, an yi amfani da dokar ta baci a cikin wasu yanayi kaɗan, kamar New Orleans a lokacin Yaƙin New Orleans; bayan manyan bala'i, kamar Babban Wutar Chicago na 1871,
1906 San Francisco girgizar kasa, ko lokacin tarzoma, kamar Omaha tseren tarzoma na 1919 ko 1920 Lexington tarzoma; shugabannin gida sun ayyana dokar ta baci don kare kansu daga tashin hankali, kamar Nauvoo, Illinois, a lokacin Illinois Mormon War, ko Utah a lokacin yakin Utah; ko a mayar da martani ga hargitsi da ke tattare da zanga-zanga da tarzoma, kamar 1934 West Coast waterfront yajin aiki, a Hawaii bayan harin Japan a Pearl Harbor, da kuma lokacin Civil Rights Movement a mayar da martani ga tashin hankali na Cambridge na 1963.