Moot

[Moot]

When a point is moot, it's too trivial to think about. If your basketball team loses by 40 points, the bad call by the official in the first quarter is moot: it isn't important.

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See 1st Mot.

Noun
a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"

Verb
think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

Adjective S.
open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question"

Adjective S.
of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)


v.
See 1st Mot.

n.
A ring for gauging wooden pins.

v. t.
To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.

v. t.
Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.

v. i.
To argue or plead in a supposed case.

n.
A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.

v.
A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.

a.
Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.


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Moot

Moot , v. See 1st Mot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Moot

Moot , n. (Shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.

Moot

Moot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooting.] [OE. moten, motien, AS. m'd3tan to meet or assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. m'd3t, gem'd3t, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. m'd3t, MHG. muoz. Cf. Meet to come together.] 1. To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.
A problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted, in this country.
2. Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court.
First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy.

Moot

Moot , v. i. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting.

Moot

Moot, n. [AS. m'd3t, gem'd3t, a meeting; -- usually in comp.] [Written also mote.] 1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot. J. R. Green. 2. [From Moot, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.
The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots.
Moot case, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an unsettled question. Dryden. -- Moot court, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases. -- Moot point, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.

Moot

Moot, a. Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.

See 1st Mot.

A ring for gauging wooden pins.

To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.

To argue or plead in a supposed case.

A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.

Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.

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