mutatis mutandis

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviations) m.m., mut. mut., mut. mutand., mut. mutandis, mutat. mutand., mutat. mutandis
• (nonstandard contractions) mutatis mandis, mutatis mundi, mutis mundis, mutis mutandis

Etymology

A borrowing, more or less naturalized, of Late Latin mūtātīs mūtandīs (“with [the things] to be changed having been changed”), first recorded in English in 1272.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m(j)uːˌtɑːtɪs muːˈtandɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m(j)uˌtɑdəs m(j)uˈtɑndəs/, /mjuˌteɪdəs mjuˈtændəs/

Adverb

mutatis mutandis (not comparable)

1. (dated, law) With the necessary changes being made, with the necessary modifications.
   • a. 1525, The Coventry Leet Book, page 595:

     And like billes, mutatis mutandis, were put In ayenst Gloucestre & Worcestre

   • 1863, H.M.'s Public Record Office, Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series, of the Reign of Elizabeth, volume VII, page 141:

     26 May 1564. M. to Mr. Tipton, and another (mutatis mutandis) to Mr. Cuerton. Pp. 3.

   • 1866, Max Robertson, English Reports Annotated, page 1506:
   • 1962, Samuel Edward Finer, chapter 2, in The Man on Horseback: The Role of the Military in Politics:

     What is said of the army here is to be taken also to apply, mutatis mutandis, to the air force and the navy.

   • 1962, Norman Malcolm, chapter 15, in Dreaming:

     Similar considerations apply, mutatis mutandis, to the example of nightmare imagined by Brown.

Usage notes

• Typically treated as an unnaturalized Latin phrase and italicized. Now usually treated as a parenthetical phrase set off inside commas.
• Even in legal Latin and academic work, increasingly uncommon since the 1950s, as Latin falls out of general use.
• Usually used when describing similarities between two cases to make allowances for the obvious differences between them (see examples above).

Related terms

Related terms

• mutandum

• mutate

• mutation

• mutatio nomine

Translations

having changed what needs to be changed

• Catalan: mutatis mutandis (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加以适当的变更

• Estonian: mutatis mutandis (et)
• Finnish: mutatis mutandis
• French: mutatis mutandis (fr), toutes proportions gardées (fr), toute proportion gardée (fr)
• German: mutatis mutandis (de)

• Greek: τηρουμένων των αναλογιών (el) (tirouménon ton analogión)
• Italian: mutatis mutandis, fatti i debiti mutamenti, con le opportune differenze
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 変更すべきは変更して (へんこうすべきはへんこうして, henkō subeki wa henkō shite), 準用して (ja) (じゅんようして, jun'yō shite)
• Russian: с необходи́мыми измене́ниями (s neobxodímymi izmenénijami)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мутатис мутандис

  Roman: mutatis mutandis (sh)

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin mūtātīs mūtandīs (“with [the things] to be changed having been changed”). For more information, see the English entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈtɑːtis muˈtɑndis/

Adverb

mutatis mutandis

1. (law) mutatis mutandis (having changed what needs to be changed)

   Unionin kansalaisten karkottamista vastaan saaman suojan järjestelmää ei voida soveltaa mutatis mutandis Turkin kansalaisiin.

   The scheme of protection against expulsion conferred on citizens of the Union cannot be applied mutatis mutandis to Turkish nationals.

Synonyms

• soveltuvin osin
• vastaavalla tavalla
• vastaavasti

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin mūtātīs mūtandīs (“with [the things] to be changed having been changed”). For more information, see the English entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈta.tis muˈtan.dis/, [muˌt̪äːt̪iz muˈt̪än̪d̪is]

Adverb

mutatis mutandis

1. mutatis mutandis (having changed what needs to be changed)

Synonyms

• fatti i debiti cambiamenti
• con le opportune differenze

Related terms

Related terms

• mutamento

• mutande

• mutare

• mutazione

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Latin

Etymology

Literally “with [the things] to be changed having been changed”. Of late derivation: earliest appearance in British Latin, 1272.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /muːˈtaː.tiːs muːˈtan.diːs/

Adverb

mūtātīs mūtandīs

1. (Late Latin) mutatis mutandis (having changed what needs to be changed)

Usage notes

• An ablative absolute: an ablative construction formed with the future passive participle to indicate necessity or obligation.

• Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., “mutatis mutandis, adv.” Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2003.