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.
Judicial Stay of Proceedings. Courts have jurisdiction to stay criminal proceedings under s. 24(1) where putting a person on trial would amount to an abuse of process and violate the principles of fundamental justice under s. 7. The principle of abuse of process arises from the common law. It is now superseded by the Charter.