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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
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sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the
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original is the
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Late
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Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)  , a resistance by force to recognized authority, an insurrection, especially applied to a
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sedition in any military or
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naval forces of the
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state . Such offences are dealt with by courts-
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martial .

End of Article: 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)
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