Mutiny

mū′ti-ni, v.i. to rise against authority in military or naval service: to revolt against rightful authority:— pr.p. mū′tinying; pa.t. and pa.p. mū′tinied. — n. insurrection against constituted authority, esp. naval or military: revolt, tumult, strife.— adj. Mū′tinous , disposed to mutiny: seditious.— adv. Mū′tinously .— n. Mū′tinousne .— Mutiny Act , an act pa ed by the British parliament from year to year, to regulate the government of the army, from 1689 down to 1879, when it was superseded by the Army Discipline and Regulation Act, modified by the Army Act of 1881. [O. Fr. mutiner , mut in , riotous, meute , a sedition—L. motus , rising— movēre , motum , to move.]