Crossword clues for moot
moot
- Of little consequence
- No longer relevant
- Like an academic point
- Of no consequence
- Open to argument
- Academic, as an arguable point
- Pointless to debate
- No longer at issue
- Beside the point
- Open for discussion
- Hypothetical legal case
- Capable of being disproved
- "It's a ___ point"
- Word before "point" or "court"
- Subject to argument
- Pointless, as a point
- Pointless to discuss
- Pointless to argue about
- Of no relevance
- Of no practical value
- Not worthy of debate
- Not worth hashing out
- Not an issue
- No longer worth arguing about
- No longer in question
- No longer important
- Like law school courts
- Like arguments no longer worth having
- Debatable, as points
- Debatable, as a point
- Already resolved, as a point
- Academic, as a point
- ___ court (1L's event)
- __ court
- Debatable, but academic
- No longer worth discussing
- Kind of court or hall
- Arguable
- Irrelevant, as a point
- Not worth debating, as a point
- Like some points
- No longer worth debating
- Not relevant
- Subject to debate
- ___ court, law student's exercise
- Purely academic
- Not worth discussing
- Kind of point
- ___ court (law school exercise)
- Doubtful
- Only hypothetical
- Subject to dispute
- ___ point (something not worth debating)
- Theoretical
- Open to debate
- Worth debating - or not
- Like some legal issues
- Unsettled
- Like a quodlibet
- Problematic
- Like some questions
- Open to question
- Unresolved
- Epigram including nothing debatable
- Special measure in fiscal emergency, suggesting money to be spent on small car?
- Nothing added to vehicle test is open for debate
- Not worth arguing about
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
moot \moot\ (m[=o]t), v.
See 1st Mot. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
moot \moot\ (m[=oo]t), n. (Shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"assembly of freemen," mid-12c., from Old English gemot "meeting" (especially of freemen, to discuss community affairs or mete justice), "society, assembly, council," from Proto-Germanic *ga-motan (compare Old Low Frankish muot "encounter," Middle Dutch moet, Middle High German muoz), from collective prefix *ga- + *motan (see meet (v.)).
"debatable; not worth considering" from moot case, earlier simply moot (n.) "discussion of a hypothetical law case" (1530s), in law student jargon. The reference is to students gathering to test their skills in mock cases.
"to debate," Old English motian "to meet, talk, discuss," from mot (see moot (n.)). Related: Mooted; mooting.\n
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
1 (context current in the UK rare in the US English) Subject to discussion (originally at a #Noun); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. 2 (context North America chiefly legal English) Being an exercise of thought; academic. 3 (context North America English) Having no practical impact or relevance. n. 1 A moot court. 2 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. 3 (context Scouting English) A gathering of Rovers (18–26 year-old Scouts), usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks. 4 (context paganism English) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house. 5 (context historical English) An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality). (from the 12th c.) 6 (context shipbuilding English) A ring for gauge wooden pins. v
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1 To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose. 2 To discuss or debate. Etymology 2
n. (context Australia English) vagina.
WordNet
n. a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"
v. think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, turn over, deliberate]
adj. of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question" [syn: arguable, debatable, disputable]
Wikipedia
Moot may refer to:
- Mootness, in American law: a point in a case is said to be moot when it has been made irrelevant, and therefore does not need to be considered further
- Moot court, an activity in many law schools where participants take part in simulated court proceedings
- moot, the pseudonym for Christopher Poole (born c. 1988), founder of the anonymous imageboard 4chan.org
Usage examples of "moot".
That it was in the milliamp range, rather than the five hundred amps required by the engines, became moot.
It seemed that with everything going on, the Ministry of Misdirection had become moot.
He had used his veto twice in the research and development council, never with this minister of Works, although his predecessor had done it a record eighteen times on the never-completed Transmontane Highway, which was now, since the rail link, a moot point.
Michael had put the whole kibosh on the prom, so it was kind of a moot point.
His name was Draferth and, unusually for the Outer Moot, he was a staunch and raucous member of the Strivers Faction.
The Yabban government was informed as soon as the thawing was well enough along that stopping it would have been a moot point.
The Great Moot of the Cymrian Council had once been a glacial lake, formed by the freezing and thawing of ice on the mountain faces of the Teeth when they were young.
The sound was not just a ripple, but a palpability, drawing in, as if the Moot had become a huge maw, a wyrm anglerfish draw ing every particle in.
Whether a missionary, Jesuit, or Jansenist, Protestant, Catholic, or Mohammedan, does well in forcing his own mode of life and faith on those who live a happier, freer life than any his instructor can hold out to them is a moot point.
If Maga could be distracted, she might change her mind another day and forget about these suggestions as if they had never been mooted.
Gorde on the other side of the millstream fell from fifty to thirty shillings, Mesewelle up the river fell by half and even Flesching farther away, where the hundred moots had been held, was almost as bad.
His name was Draferth and, unusually for the Outer Moot, he was a staunch and raucous member of the Strivers Faction.
As for the interminable new laws that the Moot passed, the Wardens and the local Watches, which served in lieu of the Wardens in the smaller towns and villages, generally ignored them, confining themselves to their long-established role of ensuring that the wilder elements of society were kept quiet, one way or another, so that the bulk of the people could get on with their lives in peace.
Civilian officers of the Moot, of all ranks, were generally despised by the Wardens but while adults might expect some surliness or outright sneers, Pages could usually look to more physical humiliation.
Under your capable leadership, the Wardens fulfil their duties admirably, leaving the Moot free of disturbance to fulfil its duties in turn.