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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 100 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a See also:sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the See also:original is the See also:Late See also:Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)  , a resistance by force to recognized authority, an insurrection, especially applied to a See also:sedition in any military or See also:naval forces of the See also:state . Such offences are dealt with by courts-See also:martial .

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