Insubordinate; disposed to mutiny; tending to incite or encourage mutiny. … [Read more...]

A trade, art, or occupation. 2 Inst 668. Masters frequently bind themselves in the indentures with their apprentices to teach them their art trade, and mystery. State v. Bishop, 15 Me. 122; Barger v. Caldwell, 2 Dana (Ky.) 131. … [Read more...]

crimes. The unlawful resistance of a superior officer, or the raising of commotions and disturbances on board of a ship against the authority of its commander, or in the army in opposition to the authority of the officers; a sedition; a revolt. 2. By the act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States, it is enacted as follows: … [Read more...]

This word is said to be derived from the French mestier now written m … [Read more...]

Reciprocal. 2. In contracts there must always be a consideration in order to make them valid. This is sometimes mutual, as when one man promises to pay a sum of money to another in consideration that he shall deliver him a horse, and the latter promises to deliver him the horse in consideration of being paid the price agreed upon. When a man and a woman promise to marry each … [Read more...]