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.
A right to address the Court on a matter before it. In Canadians For The Abolition of the Seal Hunt, Justice Walsh of the Canadian Federal Court referred to locus standi as:  1 The right of individuals to bring proceedings ... when they are not personally affected (other than of course in their sensibilities) by the law or regulations complained of.....