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.
nolo s plain english law dictionary in criminal prosecutions the right of a defendant to have a trial within a short time premised on the fifth amendment s guarantee of due process each state has a statute or constitutional provision limiting the time an accused person may be held before trial for example 45 days