Mutation
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
French law. ‘This term is synonymous with change, and is particularly applied to designate the change which takes place in the property of a thing in its transmission from one person to sells, exchanges or gives it. It is nearly synonymous with transfer, (q. v-) Merl. Répert. h. t.