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.
34.5.5.1 (08-11-2004) Nature of Proceedings. An injunction case is a court proceeding whereby the plaintiff seeks one of two things, either to prevent the defendant from doing in the future that which threatens to cause or is already causing harm to the plaintiff, or to compel an affirmative act by the defendant.