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MUTINY
MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a See also:
SEDITION (Lat. se or sed, apart, and ire, to go, a going apart, dissension)
sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the See also:
ORIGINAL
original is the See also:
LATE
Late See also:
LAT
Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move) , a resistance by force to recognized authority, an insurrection, especially applied to a See also:

SEDITION (Lat. se or sed, apart, and ire, to go, a going apart, dissension)

sedition in any military or See also:

NAVAL

naval forces of the See also:

state . Such offences are dealt with by courts-See also:

MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial .

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