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Adjective
/mo͞ot/,
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Subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty, and typically not admitting of a final decision,
  1. Subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty, and typically not admitting of a final decision
    • - whether the temperature rise was mainly due to the greenhouse effect was a moot point
  2. Having no practical significance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision
    • - it is moot whether this phrase should be treated as metaphor or not
Verb
  1. Raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility)
    • - Sylvia needed a vacation, and a trip to Ireland had been mooted
Noun
  1. An assembly held for debate, esp. in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times

  2. A regular gathering of people having a common interest

  3. A mock trial set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise

  1. a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"
  2. consider: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
  3. of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
  4. arguable: open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question"
  5. 4chan is an English-language imageboard website. Launched on October 1, 2003, its boards are primarily used for the posting of pictures and discussion of manga and anime. ...
  6. In American law, a matter is moot if further legal proceedings with regard to it can have no effect, or events have placed it beyond the reach of the law. Thereby the matter has been deprived of practical significance or rendered purely academic.
  7. A moot court is an extracurricular activity at many law schools in which participants take part in simulated court proceedings, usually to include drafting briefs and participating in oral argument. ...
  8. This article is about the discussion group active in Britain from 1938 to 1947. For the Moot in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe, see The Empire (Warhammer).
  9. A moot court; A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties; A gathering of Rovers (18 - 26 year-old Scouts). ...
  10. (mooted) Made, or proven to be, moot
  11. (mooted) or moulted (see eradicated)
  12. Not subject to a court ruling because the controversy has not actually arisen, or has ended.
  13. A point or question related to a legal case that usually has no practical importance or relevance to the case.  A moot point is a point that can't be resolved by the judge, is not disputed by either side, or is resolved out of court.
  14. (adj.) unsettled, undecided, not necessary to be decided
  15. A large gathering of Rovers.
  16. Used as either an adjective or a verb, a thing is moot when it is no longer effective, e.g., a dead issue. The famous case of Roe v. ...
  17. as a noun is a public meeting; as an adjective, the more common usage, means "open to debate" in the UK and "not open to debate" in the US. It is most often used in the phrase moot point: When Walter walked in, the question of who was going to pick him up became moot.
  18. Arguing a legal point, usually as part of a mock trial. Universities often run mooting competitions.
  19. No longer requiring a decision. For example, if a party would no longer be affected by the decision in a case, the case might become moot.
  20. (adj) - debatable; controversial; hypothetical
  21. A moot point is one that need not be decided, due to a change of circumstances.
  22. acronym for Move Out Of Town; being a program to reduce troop concentrations in developed or built-up city areas. See MOOSE.
  23. A case is moot when it doesn't make any difference.
  24. An issue presenting no real controversy.
  25. A proceeding which seeks a judgment or ruling on a dispute which does not actually exist. For example, when one party brings a motion to compel the other to answer interrogatories and the other has already answered, tho motion is moot.