We have been using the term 'mutation' pretty loosely up to this point in the course...now we need to define it more precisely: mutation-- a change in the genetic material (ie. DNA).
Stay of proceedings. A stay of proceedings is a ruling by the court in civil and criminal procedure, halting further legal process in a trial or other legal proceeding. The court can subsequently lift the stay and resume proceedings based on events taking place after the stay is ordered.
Legal Definition of case. 1  1a : a civil or criminal suit or action the judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution â U.S. Constitution art. 2  2 : trespass on the case at trespass.