mutinousness (mutinusnes)

The state of being mutinous; seditiousne ; resistance or the spirit of resistance to lawful authority, es pecially among military and naval men. mutiny (mu'ti-ni), n.; pl. mutinies (-niz). [ Their mutinies and revolts, wherein they show'd Most valour, spoke not for them. Shak ., Cor., iii. 1. 126. By military men mutiny is understood to imply extreme insubordination, as individually resisting by force or collectively opposing military authority. Ives. 2. Any rebellion against constituted authority; by statute under British rule, any attempt to excite opposition to lawful authority, particularly military or naval authority, or any act of contempt directed against officers, or disobedience of their commands; any concealment of mutinous acts, or neglect to take measures toward a suppre ion of them. If this frame IMG:content-1145.png:[blocks in formation] Shak ., L. L. L., i. 1. 170. Indian mutiny, Sepoy mutiny, a revolt of the Sepoy or native troops in British India, which broke out at Meerut May 10th, 1857, and spread through the Ganges valley and Central India. The chief incidents were the ma acres of Europe ans at Cawnpore and elsewhere, the defense of Lucknow, and the siege of Delhi. The revolt was suppre ed in 1858, and a consequence or result of it was the transference of the administration of India from the East India Company to the crown. - Mutiny Act, a series of regulations enacted from year to year after 1689 by the British Parliament for the government of the military forces of the country, merged in the Army Discipline and mutton