A direct translation from
Latin of
mutatīs mutandīs would read,
'with those things having been changed which need to be changed'. More colloquially, it can be interpreted as
'the necessary changes having been made,' where "the necessary changes" are usually implied by a prior statement assumed to be understood by the reader. It carries the connotation that the reader should pay attention to the corresponding differences between the current statement and a previous one, although they are
analogous. This term is used frequently in
economics and in
law, to parameterize a statement with a new term, or note the application of an implied, mutually understood set of changes. The phrase is also used in the study of counter-factuals, wherein the requisite change in the factual basis of the past is made and the resulting causalities are followed.
Examples:
- "His cat" and "His dog" should be changed to "Her cat" and "Her dog", mutatis mutandis for pony, sheep and cow. [i.e. "His pony" becomes "Her pony," and so on.]
- What we said about oil goes mutatis mutandis for natural gas.
- The two parties finally signed the contract mutatis mutandis.
- 1982 Convention, ARTICLE 111: Section 2. The right of hot pursuit shall apply 'mutatis mutandis' to violations in the exclusive economic zone or on the continental shelf, including safety zones around continental shelf installations, of the laws and regulations of the coastal State applicable in accordance with this Convention to the exclusive economic zone or the continental shelf, including such safety zones.
Etymology:
- Both "mutatis" and "mutandis" come from the Latin verb "muto" (principle parts: muto, mutare, mutavi, mutatus), meaning "to change." "Mutatīs" is the ablative plural neuter perfect passive participle used as a substantive (the neuter plural supplies the "things" in the translation--"with those things having been changed"), and "mutandīs" is the ablative plural neuter gerundive (the gerundive supplies the idea of necessity in the translation--" which need to be changed"). The phrase is an ablative absolute construction, which is reflected by the "with" translation.
Trivia
The phrase is also used as the motto for
The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, home and base of the
X-Men in the Marvel Comic Universe.
Name of the 9th song on metal band
Mudvayne's album L.D. 50.
Said by one of the twin girls with Trevor Goodchild to Aeon in Peter Chung's Aeon Flux, "The Purge"
Quote
We can in fact only define a weed, mutatis mutandis, in terms of the well-known definition of dirt - as matter out of place. What we call a weed is in fact merely a plant growing where we do not want it. ~E.J. Salisbury,
The Living Garden, 1935
See also
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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