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.
This is not a notice of filing. The notice is an entry of appearance in the case. In English that means that you have acknowledged jurisdiction of the court over you in the case, and you will then be responsible for mounting a defense if the stay is somehow dissolved. As a friend of the court, you are just informing them that there is a bankruptcy. This is an important distinction for a law suit if which you have not yet been served with legal process by the following means: Certified mail