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.
acquittal-Legal Definition. n. 1  In criminal law, the legal finding, by judge or jury, that an accused person is not guilty of the crime he is charged with. 2  Once the acquittal is reached, the defendant may not be prosecuted again for the same criminal act or transaction.