Mutiny \Mu"ti*ny\, n.; pl. Mutinies. [From mutine to mutiny,
fr. F. se mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF.
meute riot, LL. movita, fr. movitus, for L. motus, p. p. of
movere to move. See Move.]
1. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly
military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the
rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior
officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful
authority; insubordination.
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In every mutiny against the discipline of the
college, he was the ringleader. --Macaulay.
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2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife. [Obs.]
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To raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves. --Shak.
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Mutiny act (Law), an English statute reenacted annually to
punish mutiny and desertion. --Wharton.
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Syn: See Insurrection.
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Mutiny \Mu"ti*ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mutinied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Mutinying.]
1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in
military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of,
mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's
superior officer, or any rightful authority.
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2. To fall into strife; to quarrel. [Obs.] --Shak.
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MUTINY, crimes. The unlawful resistance of a superior officer, or the
raising of commotions and disturbances on board of a ship against the
authority of its commander, or in the army in opposition to the authority of
the officers; a sedition; (q.v.) a revolt. (q.v.)
2. By the act for establishing rules and articles for the government of
the armies of the United States, it is enacted as follows: Article 7. Any
officer or soldier, who shall begin, excite, or cause, or join in, any
mutiny or sedition in any troop or company in the service of the United
States, or in any party, post, detachment or guard, shall suffer death, or
such other punishment as by a court martial shall be inflicted. Article 8.
Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who being present at any
mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavors to suppress the same,
or coming to the knowledge of any intended mutiny, does not without delay
give information thereof to his commanding officer, shall be punished by the
sentence of a court martial, with death, or otherwise, according to the
nature of his offence.
3. And by the act for the better government of the navy of the United
States, it is enacted as follows,: Article 13. If any person in the navy
shall make or attempt to make any mutinous assembly, he shall, on conviction
thereof by, a court martial, suffer death; and if any person as aforesaid,
shall utter any seditious or mutinous words, or shall conceal or connive at
any mutinous or seditious practices, or shall treat with contempt his
superior, being in the execution of his office, or being witness to any
mutiny or sedition, shall not do his utmost to suppress it, he shall be
punished at the discretion of a court martial. Vide 2 Stra. R. 1264.
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