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.
Automatic Stay Definition: In bankruptcy law; a stay of collection and other similar debt enforcement proceedings against a bankrupt. In the United States Code, at Title 11 (Bankruptcy), an automatic stay is defined a Â§362 as a statutory injunction against all efforts outside of the bankruptcy proceedings to collect a debt against the bankrupt. The stay is automatic in that it takes effect from the moment of filing the bankruptcy petition.