The phrase "act of mutiny" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing rebellion or insubordination, particularly in military or naval settings.
Example: "The captain was forced to address the crew after the act of mutiny that had taken place during the voyage."
Alternatives: "rebellion" or "insurrection".
In the National Assembly, supporters of Mr. Roh likened the impeachment vote to an act of mutiny.
Though there has always been a gothic strain in Ms. Scott's writing -- one of her novels depicted a grisly act of mutiny aboard a 19th-century slave ship; another portrayed an obsessive taxidermist and the bizarre people around him -- this venture into family soap opera does not mesh with the overall conception of "Make Believe".
This act of mutiny eventually failed and a number of those responsible were tried and executed.
One of the lessons I have learned by planning this final act of mutiny completely solo is how delicious a secret can be, how knowledge contained in the vessel of a single consciousness, not sprayed about like cheap perfume, becomes more potent.
Acts of Mutiny, by Derek Beaven.
Eton is full of small acts of sartorial mutiny, the male equivalents of the schoolgirl's short-hemmed skirt and non-regulation earrings.
With the introduction of a standing army in England in 1689, Parliament aimed to prevent this force coming under complete control of the sovereign by a series of mutiny acts, normally passed annually, to which the prerogative articles were subordinate.
The British Mutiny Act of 1689 provided for the disciplining of a standing army and initiated modern Anglo-American military law.
By the British Mutiny Act of 1858 it was enacted that the court-martial, in addition to any other penalty, might order deserters to be marked on the left side, two inches below the armpit, with the letter "D," such letter to be not less than one inch long.
At this time, flogging was gradually being phased out as a punishment for military members, who were instead imprisoned under the Mutiny Act of 1844; the purchase of Melville Island allowed these prisoners to be removed from the overcrowded Halifax Citadel.
This power was terminated in England, Scotland, and Wales by the Criminal Justice Act of 1948, although corporal punishment for mutiny, incitement to mutiny, and gross personal violence to an officer of a prison when committed by a male person was permitted in England and Wales until 1967.
