Mutation of libel
MUTATION OF LIBEL, practice. An amendment allowed to a libel, by which there
is an alteration of the substance of the libel, as by propounding a new
cause of action, or asking one thing instead of another. Dunl. Adm. Pr. 213;
Law's Eccl. Law, 165-167; 1 Paine's R. 435; 1 Gall. R. 123; 1 Wheat. R. 26l.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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