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- ▪ a situation of national danger or disaster in which a government suspends normal constitutional procedures in order to regain control
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Legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state during a natural disaster, civil unrest, armed conflict, medical pandemic or epidemic or other biosecurity risk. Wikipedia
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