MUTINY ACT
\mjˈuːtɪni ˈakt], \mjˈuːtɪni ˈakt], \m_j_ˈuː_t_ɪ_n_i_ ˈa_k_t]\
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[Fr.] (Mil.) An Act passed annually by Parliament for the raising and keeping a standing army (which otherwise is illegal), and for punishing mutiny, desertion, and other offences against military discipline. See Army Discipline and Regulation Act.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).