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A genuinely tolerable [[Latin|Latinism]], that succinctly captures a concept with which English struggles. My [[secret Latin advisor]] tells me it means “with the things having been changed that need to be changed”. When you are applying a concept from one agreement into another by reference there remains that abject and unutterable fear that, rather like moving a train carriage to tracks of a different gauge, somehow it might not quite ''work''. Throwing in a ''[[mutatis mutandis]]'' is a [[legal eagle]]’s Rosetta stone, and operates like so: “as amended so the provision makes sense in the context in which you’ve just applied it”. | A genuinely tolerable [[Latin|Latinism]], that succinctly captures a concept with which English struggles. My [[secret Latin advisor]] tells me it means “with the things having been changed that need to be changed”. When you are applying a concept from one agreement into another by reference there remains that abject and unutterable fear that, rather like moving a train carriage to tracks of a different gauge, somehow it might not quite ''work''. Throwing in a ''[[mutatis mutandis]]'' is a [[legal eagle]]’s Rosetta stone, and operates like so: “as amended so the provision makes sense in the context in which you’ve just applied it”. | ||
My secret Latin advisor also tells me it is an ''ablative absolute'' phrase. “Mutatis” is a [[past participle]] and “mutandis” is a ''[[gerundive]]''. | My secret Latin advisor also tells me it is an ''ablative absolute'' phrase. “Mutatis” is a [[past participle]] and “mutandis” is a ''[[gerundive]]''. Don’t you just ''love'' it when he talks dirty? | ||
For example, say Bob and Joan have an agreement where a certain [[Event of Default]] applies to Bob only. | For example, say Bob and Joan have an agreement where a certain [[Event of Default]] applies to Bob only. | ||