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Moot
Moot Moot, v. i.
To argue or plead in a supposed case.
There is a difference between mooting and pleading;
between fencing and fighting. --B. Jonson.
MootMoot Moot, n. [AS. m[=o]t, gem[=o]t, 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. --Sir T.
Elyot.
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. MootMoot Moot, v.
See 1st Mot. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Moot
Moot Moot, n. (Shipbuilding)
A ring for gauging wooden pins.
MootMoot Moot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mooting.] [OE. moten, motien, AS. m[=o]tan to meet or
assemble for conversation, to discuss, dispute, fr. m[=o]t,
gem[=o]t, a meeting, an assembly; akin to Icel. m[=o]t, 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. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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.
--Sir T.
Elyot. Moot
Moot Moot, a.
Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided;
debatable; mooted.
MootMot Mot (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot
(m[=o]t), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote;
imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.]
May; must; might.
He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer.
The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer.
Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore
freres. --Chaucer.
So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals,
as that of the Freemasons.
Meaning of moots from wikipedia
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Moot may
refer to:
Mootness, in
American law: a
point where further proceedings have lost...
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terms moot,
mootness and
moot point are used in both in
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- the more
notable international moot competitions for students.
Grand slam
international moots refer to class-leading
moots or
those that
attract a substantial...
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Surviving moot halls include:
Moot Hall,
Aldeburgh Moot Hall,
Appleby Moot Hall,
Brampton Moot Hall,
Daventry Moot Hall,
Elstow Moot Hall,
Hexham Moot Hall...
- than 20 pre-
moots each year
before the
actual rounds are held in Vienna. It is the
largest arbitration moot competition, and second-largest
moot overall,...
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Scout Moot is an
event for
senior branches of
Scouting (traditionally
called Rovers) and
other young adult Scouts,
gathering up to 5,000 people.
Moots provide...
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decide local issues. In
early medieval Britain, such
hills were used for "
moots",
meetings of
local people to
settle local business.
Among other things...
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Christopher Poole (born c. 1988), also
known online as
moot, is an
American internet entrepreneur and developer. He
founded the
anonymous English-language...
- The
Laskin Moot Court Competition, also
known as The
Laskin Moot, is an
annual mooting competition in Canada. It is
named after Bora Laskin, the fourteenth...
