| 单词 | mutiny act |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMutiny Act Mutiny Act n. now historical an Act passed by the British parliament annually from 1689 to 1879 authorizing the crown to frame ‘Articles of War’ dealing with offences against discipline in the army and navy, and the constitution of courts martial (superseded by the Army Act of 1881, and later by the Army and Air Force Acts of 1955, and the Naval Discipline Act of 1957). ΚΠ 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 409 By the annual mutiny acts, a soldier may be arrested for a debt which [etc.]. 1819 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 395 The enforcement of the mutiny act in New York, and the attempt to enforce it in Massachusetts, fanned for a moment the dying embers of dissension. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. ii. 322 The Mutiny Act proceeds to authorize the Crown to make articles of war. 1942 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. Social Hist. 315 Courts Martial, by a prudent provision of the Mutiny Act, might only take place before dinner. < as lemmas |
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