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Mutiny

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from an old verb "mutine," O. Fr. a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move), a resistance by force to recognized authority, an insurrection, especially applied to a sedition in any military or naval forces of the state. Such offences are dealt with by courts-martial. (See MILITARY LAW and COURT MARTIAL.)

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mutiny'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/mutiny.html. 1910.
 
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