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	Mutatis mutandis is a genuinely tolerable [[Latin\|Latinism]], because it so succinctly captures a concept with which English struggles. According to my [[secret Latin advisor]], it means “with the things having been changed that need to be changed”. A less able lawyer would render this like so: “as amended so the provision makes sense in the context in which you’ve just applied it”.		Mutatis mutandis is a genuinely tolerable [[Latin\|Latinism]], because it so succinctly captures a concept with which English struggles. According to my [[secret Latin advisor]], it means “with the things having been changed that need to be changed”. A {{lawyer\|less able lawyer}} would render this like so: “as amended so the provision makes sense in the context in which you’ve just applied it”.

	It is, sayeth my advisor, an ablative absolute phrase. “Mutatis” is a past participle and “mutandis” is a gerundive.		It is, sayeth my advisor, an ablative absolute phrase. “Mutatis” is a past participle and “mutandis” is a gerundive.